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Page 189
... covering . Enormous hollies displayed their varied foliage ; tasteful bridges spanned the canals ; fawns browsed in the endless avenues of the park ; numberless birds hopped and flew about the borders of box and clover ; arbours were ...
... covering . Enormous hollies displayed their varied foliage ; tasteful bridges spanned the canals ; fawns browsed in the endless avenues of the park ; numberless birds hopped and flew about the borders of box and clover ; arbours were ...
Page 226
... covered with lead , and fenced with balusters ; and the passage into these airy walks is out of the two summer- houses , at the end of the first terrace - walk . The cloister facing the south is covered with vines , and would have been ...
... covered with lead , and fenced with balusters ; and the passage into these airy walks is out of the two summer- houses , at the end of the first terrace - walk . The cloister facing the south is covered with vines , and would have been ...
Page 226
... covered with lead , and fenced with balusters ; and the passage into these airy walks is out of the two summer- houses , at the end of the first terrace - walk . The cloister facing the south is covered with vines , and would have been ...
... covered with lead , and fenced with balusters ; and the passage into these airy walks is out of the two summer- houses , at the end of the first terrace - walk . The cloister facing the south is covered with vines , and would have been ...
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