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... nature in felicitous union . ' Nature , ' explains a contempora- ry writer , ' always simple , employs but four ma- terials in the composition of her scenes , ground , wood , water , and rocks , ' but the lily might be ju- diciously ...
... nature in felicitous union . ' Nature , ' explains a contempora- ry writer , ' always simple , employs but four ma- terials in the composition of her scenes , ground , wood , water , and rocks , ' but the lily might be ju- diciously ...
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... nature . * expert as most nations in that kind of sculpture ; for which Hampton - court was particularly remarkable . The doctor then names other gardens that flourished with animals and castles , formed arte topiariâ , and above all a ...
... nature . * expert as most nations in that kind of sculpture ; for which Hampton - court was particularly remarkable . The doctor then names other gardens that flourished with animals and castles , formed arte topiariâ , and above all a ...
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... nature , it seems as much avoided as in the squares and oblongs and straight lines of our ancestors . An artificial perpendicular rock starting out of a flat plain , and connected with nothing , often pierced through in various places ...
... nature , it seems as much avoided as in the squares and oblongs and straight lines of our ancestors . An artificial perpendicular rock starting out of a flat plain , and connected with nothing , often pierced through in various places ...
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