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... idea soon vanished , lineal walks immediately enveloped the slight scene , and names and inscriptions in box again ... ideas had anticipated the principles of modern gardening , and bespoken as accompaniment to the most costly of all ...
... idea soon vanished , lineal walks immediately enveloped the slight scene , and names and inscriptions in box again ... ideas had anticipated the principles of modern gardening , and bespoken as accompaniment to the most costly of all ...
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... ideas on gardening in all ages , as far as we have materials to judge by , it remains to show to what degree Mr. Kent in- vented the new style , and what hints he had re- ceived to suggest and conduct his undertaking . gardening with ...
... ideas on gardening in all ages , as far as we have materials to judge by , it remains to show to what degree Mr. Kent in- vented the new style , and what hints he had re- ceived to suggest and conduct his undertaking . gardening with ...
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... ideas . At that moment appeared Kent , painter enough to taste the charms of land- scape , bold and opinionative enough to dare and to dictate , and born with a genius to strike out a great system from the twilight of imper- fect essays ...
... ideas . At that moment appeared Kent , painter enough to taste the charms of land- scape , bold and opinionative enough to dare and to dictate , and born with a genius to strike out a great system from the twilight of imper- fect essays ...
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