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... century , and this artistic law remained in force for a hundred years . Painting and gardening were so closely allied that they might be considered as one sub- ject . Claude , Gaspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa were gardenists ( Walpole's ...
... century , and this artistic law remained in force for a hundred years . Painting and gardening were so closely allied that they might be considered as one sub- ject . Claude , Gaspar Poussin and Salvator Rosa were gardenists ( Walpole's ...
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... century before the introduction of modern gardening , or our incredulous descendants will defraud the poet of half his glory , by being per- suaded that he copied some garden or gardens he had seen so minutely do his ideas corre- spond ...
... century before the introduction of modern gardening , or our incredulous descendants will defraud the poet of half his glory , by being per- suaded that he copied some garden or gardens he had seen so minutely do his ideas corre- spond ...
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... , are improvements more recent than Kent , or but little known to him . The weeping - willow and every florid shrub , each tree of delicate or bold leaf , are new tints in the composition of our gardens . The last century was 49.
... , are improvements more recent than Kent , or but little known to him . The weeping - willow and every florid shrub , each tree of delicate or bold leaf , are new tints in the composition of our gardens . The last century was 49.
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