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... rivers were necessary and if they weren't provided by nature they must be by man . The eye travelling to a spot three ... river , the greens that ranged from the weeping - willow to the Weymouth pine , these al- lied themselves agreeably ...
... rivers were necessary and if they weren't provided by nature they must be by man . The eye travelling to a spot three ... river , the greens that ranged from the weeping - willow to the Weymouth pine , these al- lied themselves agreeably ...
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... river large , Nor chang'd his course , but thro ' the shaggy hill Pass'd underneath ingulph'd ; for God had thrown That mountain as his garden - mound , high rais'd Upon the rapid current- Hagley seems pictured in what follows , which ...
... river large , Nor chang'd his course , but thro ' the shaggy hill Pass'd underneath ingulph'd ; for God had thrown That mountain as his garden - mound , high rais'd Upon the rapid current- Hagley seems pictured in what follows , which ...
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... river bursts from the urn of its god , and passes on its course through the cave . But it is not my business to lay down rules for gardens , but to give the history of them . A system of rules pushed to a great degree of re- finement ...
... river bursts from the urn of its god , and passes on its course through the cave . But it is not my business to lay down rules for gardens , but to give the history of them . A system of rules pushed to a great degree of re- finement ...
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