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... by art even what nature had denied . ” * At Warwick - castle is an ancient suit of arras , in which there is a garden exactly resembling these pictures of Herculaneum . proper for the narrow spaces allotted to the garden of 22.
... by art even what nature had denied . ” * At Warwick - castle is an ancient suit of arras , in which there is a garden exactly resembling these pictures of Herculaneum . proper for the narrow spaces allotted to the garden of 22.
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... proper office , the just improvement or imitation of it . * It is 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 ...
... proper office , the just improvement or imitation of it . * It is 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 ...
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... proper positions , to cities , towns , and the courts of great houses , as proper accompaniments to architecture , and as works of grandeur in them- selves . Their decorations admit the utmost in- vention ; and when the waters are ...
... proper positions , to cities , towns , and the courts of great houses , as proper accompaniments to architecture , and as works of grandeur in them- selves . Their decorations admit the utmost in- vention ; and when the waters are ...
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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