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Page 54
... running - ground . As the interest in purely gymnastic exercises slackened under the enervating influences of wealth and fashion , these meeting - places began to be regarded unfavourably by the authorities . The corporate spirit was ...
... running - ground . As the interest in purely gymnastic exercises slackened under the enervating influences of wealth and fashion , these meeting - places began to be regarded unfavourably by the authorities . The corporate spirit was ...
Page 86
... running , it is exposed only to the sound of the elements , and that very much muffled . This dining - room looks out on to the garden and the prom- enade running round it , planted with box hedges or with rosemary where box will not ...
... running , it is exposed only to the sound of the elements , and that very much muffled . This dining - room looks out on to the garden and the prom- enade running round it , planted with box hedges or with rosemary where box will not ...
Page 228
... runs as follows : As I sat in the porch , I heard the voices of two or three persons , who seemed very earnest in ... running away . To which they added , what I entirely agreed with them in , that the Crown of France was very weak ...
... runs as follows : As I sat in the porch , I heard the voices of two or three persons , who seemed very earnest in ... running away . To which they added , what I entirely agreed with them in , that the Crown of France was very weak ...
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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