The Genius of the Place: The English Landscape Garden, 1620-1820John Dixon Hunt, Peter Willis Presents an anthology and commentary on the English landscape garden. |
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... Charm we prize , That Charm this Grove can in Perfection boast , As Art in copying Nature pleases most . Gardens of diff'rent Forms delight the Eye , From whence a beaut'ous Country we discry : And sure , if any Place deserves to claim ...
... Charm we prize , That Charm this Grove can in Perfection boast , As Art in copying Nature pleases most . Gardens of diff'rent Forms delight the Eye , From whence a beaut'ous Country we discry : And sure , if any Place deserves to claim ...
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... charms of art decay , / And lovely Nature re - assumes her sway ' , and from a point of view that applauds ' Capability ' Brown's achievements . Yet as the first section of the extract immediately reveals , ' lovely Nature ' has still ...
... charms of art decay , / And lovely Nature re - assumes her sway ' , and from a point of view that applauds ' Capability ' Brown's achievements . Yet as the first section of the extract immediately reveals , ' lovely Nature ' has still ...
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... charms surprize ! Eye all her shining , all her shadowy grace , And to conceal them every blemish trace : Yet there's a happiness that baffles Art , In showing Nature great in every part , Which chiefly flows from mingled lights and ...
... charms surprize ! Eye all her shining , all her shadowy grace , And to conceal them every blemish trace : Yet there's a happiness that baffles Art , In showing Nature great in every part , Which chiefly flows from mingled lights and ...
Contents
Part | 47 |
JOHN EVELYN 16201706 | 57 |
ANDREW MARVELL 162178 | 68 |
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