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... Italy , how- ever , was freely maintained along the southern sea- board . Sicily quickly assimilated the exuberant ... Italy will be found the most beautiful and goodliest region under the sun , surpassing all others whatsoever , and ...
... Italy , how- ever , was freely maintained along the southern sea- board . Sicily quickly assimilated the exuberant ... Italy will be found the most beautiful and goodliest region under the sun , surpassing all others whatsoever , and ...
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... Italy and the extent of its hold on society . The greatest influence of all was the power of the Papacy which rose to unexampled heights of influ- ence in the eleventh century . For that reason alone Italy was able to open up the new ...
... Italy and the extent of its hold on society . The greatest influence of all was the power of the Papacy which rose to unexampled heights of influ- ence in the eleventh century . For that reason alone Italy was able to open up the new ...
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... Italian gardens , when viewed in the freshness of their novelty , is to be found in the Travels of Montaigne . In 1580 he set out on his journey through Germany and Italy , visiting the baths at various resorts in search of a cure for ...
... Italian gardens , when viewed in the freshness of their novelty , is to be found in the Travels of Montaigne . In 1580 he set out on his journey through Germany and Italy , visiting the baths at various resorts in search of a cure for ...
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amongst ancient appeared architecture arrangement artificial artistic avenues beauty became beds birds built canals Capability Brown centre century charm Chinese Chinese gardens cloister colour court cultivation Cut-work cypress decorative delight Dutch effect Egypt England English gardening fact fashion flowering plants flowers fountain French fruit grass Greece Greek green grotto ground groves Hampton Court hedges Helen Allingham herbs hills history of gardening horticulture idea Italian Italy land landscape later lawns lines manner marble medieval ment modern motive nature never ornament painting palace paradise park parterres period Persia Persian garden phase picture plants pleasure Pliny Pope Reginald Blomfield religious Renaissance Roman Rome roses scene scheme scientific seats shade side space spirit style surroundings symbolism taste temple terraces tion topiary tradition trees Tudor period variety VAUX-LE-VICOMTE Versailles villas violets walks walls wild Younger Pliny