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... common in England . In France they retain the name , but nothing is more different both in com- pass and disposition . Their parks are usually square or oblong enclosures , regularly planted with walks of chestnuts or limes , and ...
... common in England . In France they retain the name , but nothing is more different both in com- pass and disposition . Their parks are usually square or oblong enclosures , regularly planted with walks of chestnuts or limes , and ...
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... common greens , and had , I doubt not , been cast for that purpose , if this piece of gardening had been then in as much vogue as it is now . " From the middle of this parterre is a descent by many steps flying on each side of a grotto ...
... common greens , and had , I doubt not , been cast for that purpose , if this piece of gardening had been then in as much vogue as it is now . " From the middle of this parterre is a descent by many steps flying on each side of a grotto ...
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... common to see three or four beeches , then as many larches , a third knot of cypresses , and a revolution of all three ! Kent's last designs were in a higher style , as his ideas opened on success . The north terrass at Claremont was ...
... common to see three or four beeches , then as many larches , a third knot of cypresses , and a revolution of all three ! Kent's last designs were in a higher style , as his ideas opened on success . The north terrass at Claremont was ...
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