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... delights more picturesque than the landscapes of Tinian or Juan Fernan- dez ? Yet what was that boasted Paradise with which the gods ordain'd To grace Alcinous and his happy land ? POPE Why , divested of harmonious Greek & bewitch- ing ...
... delights more picturesque than the landscapes of Tinian or Juan Fernan- dez ? Yet what was that boasted Paradise with which the gods ordain'd To grace Alcinous and his happy land ? POPE Why , divested of harmonious Greek & bewitch- ing ...
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... days though fallen , & with darkness and solitude compassed round , judged that the mistaken and fantastic ornaments he had seen in gardens , were unworthy of the almighty hand that planted the delights of Paradise . He seems 23.
... days though fallen , & with darkness and solitude compassed round , judged that the mistaken and fantastic ornaments he had seen in gardens , were unworthy of the almighty hand that planted the delights of Paradise . He seems 23.
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... delights of rural life . Here too his majesty plays at agriculture ; there is a quarter set apart for that purpose ; the eunuchs sow , reap , and carry in their harvest in the imperial presence ; and his majesty returns to Pekin ...
... delights of rural life . Here too his majesty plays at agriculture ; there is a quarter set apart for that purpose ; the eunuchs sow , reap , and carry in their harvest in the imperial presence ; and his majesty returns to Pekin ...
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acres admired æra Alcinous ancient Anecdotes of Painting architecture artists basons beauty beech bestowed Bibliographical Note Chinese Chinese pagoda Claud Claud Lorrain cloisters common covered with lead delights dening designed disposition edition enclosure Esher Essay on Modern eunuchs Euphrates expence fantastic farther fashions fountains French garden of Eden genius grace greens grotto ground Hampton-court hedges Herculaneum Hertfordshire HORACE WALPOLE ideas imate improvements invention irregular ished Kent Kent's kitchen-garden labyrinth landscape lawn lord luxury magnificent marble Milton modern gardening nature oblong observed orchard painter palace Paradise park parterre perfect picture pine planted Pliny portico prince prospect quincunx reign rivers royal scene seat seen shade shady sharawadgis shrubs side sir William Temple solitude spot square STANFORD steps stone Stourhead Strawberry Hill style of gardening summer-houses sunk fence taste terrass-walk terrasses Theobald's tion trees verdant villa vines vineyard W. S. Lewis walks walls woods