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... hundred years . Painting and gardening were so closely allied that they might be considered as one sub- ject . Claude , Gaspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa were gardenists ( Walpole's word ) as much as they were painters . They were the ...
... hundred years . Painting and gardening were so closely allied that they might be considered as one sub- ject . Claude , Gaspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa were gardenists ( Walpole's word ) as much as they were painters . They were the ...
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... hundred years old . If there is a fault in so august a fragment of improved nature , it is , that the size of the trees is out of all propor- tion to the shrubs and accompaniments . In truth , shrubs should not only be reserved for ...
... hundred years old . If there is a fault in so august a fragment of improved nature , it is , that the size of the trees is out of all propor- tion to the shrubs and accompaniments . In truth , shrubs should not only be reserved for ...
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... hundred copies . The delay , as Walpole explained , was due to his un- willingness to offend certain living artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome by the ...
... hundred copies . The delay , as Walpole explained , was due to his un- willingness to offend certain living artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome by the ...
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