On Modern Gardening: An Essay |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 10
Page 13
... prospect , * pomp and solitude combined to call for something that might enrich and enliven the insipid and unan- imated partition . Fountains , first invented for * It was not uncommon , after the circumadjacent country had been shut ...
... prospect , * pomp and solitude combined to call for something that might enrich and enliven the insipid and unan- imated partition . Fountains , first invented for * It was not uncommon , after the circumadjacent country had been shut ...
Page 60
... Prospect , animat- ed prospect , is the theatre that will always be the most frequented . Prospects formerly were sacrificed to convenience and warmth . Thus Burleigh stands behind a hill , from the top of which it would command ...
... Prospect , animat- ed prospect , is the theatre that will always be the most frequented . Prospects formerly were sacrificed to convenience and warmth . Thus Burleigh stands behind a hill , from the top of which it would command ...
Page 65
... Prospect , animat- ed prospect , is the theatre that will always be the most frequented . Prospects formerly were sacrificed to convenience and warmth . Thus Burleigh stands behind a hill , from the top of which it would command ...
... Prospect , animat- ed prospect , is the theatre that will always be the most frequented . Prospects formerly were sacrificed to convenience and warmth . Thus Burleigh stands behind a hill , from the top of which it would command ...
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