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... doubt but he concludes it was some- thing approaching to that of Versailles , with clipt hedges , berceaus , and trellis - work . If his devotion humbles him so far as to allow that , considering who designed it , there might be a ...
... doubt but he concludes it was some- thing approaching to that of Versailles , with clipt hedges , berceaus , and trellis - work . If his devotion humbles him so far as to allow that , considering who designed it , there might be a ...
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... 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 that lies between them ...
... 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 that lies between them ...
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... doubt whether , if it were not convenient to them to do so , they would frequent the spot only to enliven my prospect . ” — Such Gallo - Chinois gardens , I apprehend , will rarely be executed . * On the piers of a garden - gate not far ...
... doubt whether , if it were not convenient to them to do so , they would frequent the spot only to enliven my prospect . ” — Such Gallo - Chinois gardens , I apprehend , will rarely be executed . * On the piers of a garden - gate not far ...
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