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Page 37
... bridges , but even their bridges must not be straight - they serpentise as much as the rivulets , and are sometimes so ... bridge . The col- onnades undulate in the same manner . In short , this pretty gaudy scene is the work of caprice ...
... bridges , but even their bridges must not be straight - they serpentise as much as the rivulets , and are sometimes so ... bridge . The col- onnades undulate in the same manner . In short , this pretty gaudy scene is the work of caprice ...
Page 39
... bridge , he proposes to them , at the first resting - place to erect a school ; a little farther to found an academy ; at a third distance , a manufacture ; and at the ter- mination of the park to endow an hospital . Thus , says he ...
... bridge , he proposes to them , at the first resting - place to erect a school ; a little farther to found an academy ; at a third distance , a manufacture ; and at the ter- mination of the park to endow an hospital . Thus , says he ...
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... bridge , the Gothic ruin , the Chinese pagoda , that surprise the stranger , soon lose their charms to their sur- feited master . The lake that floats the valley is still more lifeless , and its lord seldom enjoys his expence but when ...
... bridge , the Gothic ruin , the Chinese pagoda , that surprise the stranger , soon lose their charms to their sur- feited master . The lake that floats the valley is still more lifeless , and its lord seldom enjoys his expence but when ...
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