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... scene , composed almost wholly of pines and firs , a few birch , and such trees as assimilate with a savage and mountainous coun- try . Mr. Charles Hamilton , at Pain's - hill , in my opinion has given a perfect example of this mode in ...
... scene , composed almost wholly of pines and firs , a few birch , and such trees as assimilate with a savage and mountainous coun- try . Mr. Charles Hamilton , at Pain's - hill , in my opinion has given a perfect example of this mode in ...
Page 60
... scenes , that depend on themselves alone , weary when often seen . The Doric portico , the Palladian bridge , the Gothic ... scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in ...
... scenes , that depend on themselves alone , weary when often seen . The Doric portico , the Palladian bridge , the Gothic ... scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in ...
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... scenes , that depend on themselves alone , weary when often seen . The Doric portico , the Palladian bridge , the Gothic ... scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in ...
... scenes , that depend on themselves alone , weary when often seen . The Doric portico , the Palladian bridge , the Gothic ... scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in ...
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