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... , I have found Milton praised and sir William Temple censured , on the same foundations , in a poem called The rise and progress of the present taste in plant- ing , printed in 1767 . how tasteless is his account of what he pro- nounced 27.
... , I have found Milton praised and sir William Temple censured , on the same foundations , in a poem called The rise and progress of the present taste in plant- ing , printed in 1767 . how tasteless is his account of what he pro- nounced 27.
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... called them Ha ! Ha's ! to ex- press their surprise at finding a sudden and un- perceived check to their walk . One of the first gardens planted in this sim- ple though still formal style , was my father's at Houghton . It was laid out ...
... called them Ha ! Ha's ! to ex- press their surprise at finding a sudden and un- perceived check to their walk . One of the first gardens planted in this sim- ple though still formal style , was my father's at Houghton . It was laid out ...
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... , ' as Charles Knight called him . Walpole wrote to Lady Ossory on February 6 , 1789 , that Bell had ' cheated me literally of above 500l . on my last volume of Anecdotes of Paint- ing [ the one in which the essay on gardening 79.
... , ' as Charles Knight called him . Walpole wrote to Lady Ossory on February 6 , 1789 , that Bell had ' cheated me literally of above 500l . on my last volume of Anecdotes of Paint- ing [ the one in which the essay on gardening 79.
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