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... Warwick - castle is an ancient suit of arras , in which there is a garden exactly resembling these pictures of Herculaneum . proper for the narrow spaces allotted to the garden of In the paintings found at Herculaneum are a ...
... Warwick - castle is an ancient suit of arras , in which there is a garden exactly resembling these pictures of Herculaneum . proper for the narrow spaces allotted to the garden of In the paintings found at Herculaneum are a ...
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... ancient romances , in which every entrance was guarded by nymphs or dragons . At lady Orford's at Piddletown in Dorsetshire , there was , when my brother married , a double enclosure of thirteen gardens , each suppose not much above an ...
... ancient romances , in which every entrance was guarded by nymphs or dragons . At lady Orford's at Piddletown in Dorsetshire , there was , when my brother married , a double enclosure of thirteen gardens , each suppose not much above an ...
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... ancient maiden aunts of the families ; and other families visited them for a month together . The method of living is now totally changed ; and yet the same superb palaces are still created , becoming a pompous solitude to the owner ...
... ancient maiden aunts of the families ; and other families visited them for a month together . The method of living is now totally changed ; and yet the same superb palaces are still created , becoming a pompous solitude to the owner ...
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