On Modern Gardening: An Essay |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 3
Page 6
... palace with brazen walls and columns of silver , he cer- tainly intended that the garden should be pro- portionably magnificent . We are sure therefore , that as late as Homer's age an enclosure of four acres , comprehending orchard ...
... palace with brazen walls and columns of silver , he cer- tainly intended that the garden should be pro- portionably magnificent . We are sure therefore , that as late as Homer's age an enclosure of four acres , comprehending orchard ...
Page 22
... it was no doubt more difficult to find her in a park than in a palace , when the intricacy of the woods and various lodges buried in covert might conceal her actual habi- tation . ner , It is more extraordinary , that having so 22.
... it was no doubt more difficult to find her in a park than in a palace , when the intricacy of the woods and various lodges buried in covert might conceal her actual habi- tation . ner , It is more extraordinary , that having so 22.
Page 56
... palace demands its external graces and attributes , as much as a garden . Fountains and cypresses peculiarly become buildings ; and no man can have been at Rome , and seen the vast basons of marble dashed with perpetual cascades in the ...
... palace demands its external graces and attributes , as much as a garden . Fountains and cypresses peculiarly become buildings ; and no man can have been at Rome , and seen the vast basons of marble dashed with perpetual cascades in the ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres admired æra Alcinous ancient Anecdotes of Painting architecture artists basons beauty beech bestowed Bibliographical Note bridge cascades censure Chinese pagoda Christopher Hussey Claud Claud Lorrain cloisters dening designed distant edition enclosure expence fantastic farther fashions ferme ornée firs forest fountains French GARDEN AT STOURTON grace grotto groves Hampton-court hedges HOARE'S GARDEN HORACE WALPOLE ideas improvements invention Ionic order ished Kent Kent's labyrinth landscape lawn lord magnificent marble MODERN GARDENING nature Observations on modern orchard ornament painter Painting in England palace Paradise park parterre perfect Philip Southcote piazza Navona picture pines planted Pliny portico prospect quincunx reign river river Derwent royal rude savage garden scene seat seen shade sharawadgis shrubs sir William Temple solitude spot square steps Stourhead Strawberry Hill STRAWBERRY-HILL style of gardening summer-houses sunk fence surprise symmetry terrass-walk terrasses trees verdant villa vineyard W. S. LEWIS walks walls Walpole's WILLTON WILTSHIRE woods