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Page 27
... necessary that the concurrent testimony of the age should swear to posterity that the de- scription above quoted was written above half a century before the introduction of modern gardening , or our incredulous descendants will defraud ...
... necessary that the concurrent testimony of the age should swear to posterity that the de- scription above quoted was written above half a century before the introduction of modern gardening , or our incredulous descendants will defraud ...
Page 28
... necessary for him to an- imate with the colouring and glow of poetry . It is his want of ideas , of imagination , of taste , that I censure , when he dictated on a subject that is capable of all the graces that a knowl- edge of ...
... necessary for him to an- imate with the colouring and glow of poetry . It is his want of ideas , of imagination , of taste , that I censure , when he dictated on a subject that is capable of all the graces that a knowl- edge of ...
Page 57
... entitled Observations on modern Gardening . The work is very ingeniously and carefully executed , and in point of utility rather exceeds than omits any necessary directions . The author will excuse me if I think it a little excess , when ...
... entitled Observations on modern Gardening . The work is very ingeniously and carefully executed , and in point of utility rather exceeds than omits any necessary directions . The author will excuse me if I think it a little excess , when ...
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