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Page 96
... effect and so offer a suggestion of the larger spaces in the open beyond . On the further side of the house would be ... effects of the fumes from the eruption of Vesuvius , must have been familiar with the strictly suburban type of ...
... effect and so offer a suggestion of the larger spaces in the open beyond . On the further side of the house would be ... effects of the fumes from the eruption of Vesuvius , must have been familiar with the strictly suburban type of ...
Page 105
... effects of sound . To appreciate fully the association of the Caliphs of Baghdad with Byzantium it is necessary to realize the effect produced on the world at large by a con- quering race of nomads accustomed to a life in the desert ...
... effects of sound . To appreciate fully the association of the Caliphs of Baghdad with Byzantium it is necessary to realize the effect produced on the world at large by a con- quering race of nomads accustomed to a life in the desert ...
Page 174
... effect of the glow of the sunset succeeded by an illumination of the windows at some great State function , the blaze reflected in the mirrors of the basins , while the moon rises later to cast a silver , opalescent sheen over the ...
... effect of the glow of the sunset succeeded by an illumination of the windows at some great State function , the blaze reflected in the mirrors of the basins , while the moon rises later to cast a silver , opalescent sheen over the ...
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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