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Page 217
... hedges of hornbeam , beech and oak tied to frames to keep them from straggling , hedges of yew and box closely clipped and an assortment of grottoes and fountains . The leafy walks would have windows and openings , and niches where ...
... hedges of hornbeam , beech and oak tied to frames to keep them from straggling , hedges of yew and box closely clipped and an assortment of grottoes and fountains . The leafy walks would have windows and openings , and niches where ...
Page 225
... hedges , especially of yew and holly . Of the latter he mentions hedges twenty feet high ' than which nothing can possibly be more pleasant , the berry adorning the intercolumniations with scarlet festoons and encarpa ' . When Peter the ...
... hedges , especially of yew and holly . Of the latter he mentions hedges twenty feet high ' than which nothing can possibly be more pleasant , the berry adorning the intercolumniations with scarlet festoons and encarpa ' . When Peter the ...
Page 235
... Hedges , and there Defoe declares to be the longest , largest , and highest hedge of holly I ever saw , with several other hedges of evergreens , vistas cut through woods , grottoes with fountains , and a fine canal running up from the ...
... Hedges , and there Defoe declares to be the longest , largest , and highest hedge of holly I ever saw , with several other hedges of evergreens , vistas cut through woods , grottoes with fountains , and a fine canal running up from the ...
Contents
PARADISE | 30 |
THE YOUNGER PLINY AND THE VILLA | 81 |
THE JEWELLED TREE | 100 |
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