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Page 65
... landscape in our gardens , we shall wander into all the fantas- tic sharawadgis of the Chinese . We have dis- covered the point of perfection . We have given the true model of gardening to the world ; let other countries mimic or ...
... landscape in our gardens , we shall wander into all the fantas- tic sharawadgis of the Chinese . We have dis- covered the point of perfection . We have given the true model of gardening to the world ; let other countries mimic or ...
Page 67
... familiarized to the study of landscape , we hear less of what delighted our sportsmen - ancestors , a fine open country . Wilt- shire , Dorsetshire , and such ocean - like extents were formerly preferred to the rich blue pros- pects of 67.
... familiarized to the study of landscape , we hear less of what delighted our sportsmen - ancestors , a fine open country . Wilt- shire , Dorsetshire , and such ocean - like extents were formerly preferred to the rich blue pros- pects of 67.
Page 70
... landscape and a crown - sur- veyor are incompatible . I have thus brought down to the conclusion of the last reign ( the period I had marked to this work ) the history of our arts and artists , * from the earliest æra in which we can be ...
... landscape and a crown - sur- veyor are incompatible . I have thus brought down to the conclusion of the last reign ( the period I had marked to this work ) the history of our arts and artists , * from the earliest æra in which we can be ...
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