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... green encircled with grottoes and seats , with antique statues between each seat ; this bowlinggreen is separated by a balustrade of iron from another green walk , which leads you to another long canal . On Richmond Green stood the fine ...
... green encircled with grottoes and seats , with antique statues between each seat ; this bowlinggreen is separated by a balustrade of iron from another green walk , which leads you to another long canal . On Richmond Green stood the fine ...
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... Green Mount , which was typical of Chinese artistry , bizarre in conception and carried out with studious grotesqueness of effect . Here is his des- cription of this astonishing monument . On the north side of the Palace , about a bow ...
... Green Mount , which was typical of Chinese artistry , bizarre in conception and carried out with studious grotesqueness of effect . Here is his des- cription of this astonishing monument . On the north side of the Palace , about a bow ...
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... green ; and hence it is called the GREEN MOUNT ; and in good sooth ' tis named well . On the top of the hill again there is a fine big palace which is all green inside and out ; and thus the hill , and the trees , and the palace form ...
... green ; and hence it is called the GREEN MOUNT ; and in good sooth ' tis named well . On the top of the hill again there is a fine big palace which is all green inside and out ; and thus the hill , and the trees , and the palace form ...
Contents
PARADISE | 30 |
THE YOUNGER PLINY AND THE VILLA | 81 |
THE JEWELLED TREE | 100 |
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