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... Hill are from ' A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole at Strawberry- Hill , near Twickenham ' . . . Strawberry - Hill , 1784 . A formal garden : Willton in Wiltshire vii View from the great bedchamber at Strawberry - hill 17 ...
... Hill are from ' A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole at Strawberry- Hill , near Twickenham ' . . . Strawberry - Hill , 1784 . A formal garden : Willton in Wiltshire vii View from the great bedchamber at Strawberry - hill 17 ...
Page 39
... into fashion again . The author I have been men- tioning reminds me of a French gentleman , who some years ago made me a visit at Strawberry - hill . He was so complaisant as to We have seen what Moor - park was , when 39.
... into fashion again . The author I have been men- tioning reminds me of a French gentleman , who some years ago made me a visit at Strawberry - hill . He was so complaisant as to We have seen what Moor - park was , when 39.
Page 79
... Hill where Caslon was alone employed . The French version is filled with errors which a French type - setter would hardly make , the English is comparatively ac- curate . The inference is that this is a pirated ed- ition probably made ...
... Hill where Caslon was alone employed . The French version is filled with errors which a French type - setter would hardly make , the English is comparatively ac- curate . The inference is that this is a pirated ed- ition probably made ...
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