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Page 43
... improvements , every step that was made , pointed out new beauties & inspired new 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 ...
... improvements , every step that was made , pointed out new beauties & inspired new 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 ...
Page 56
... improvements . Fountains have with great reason been ban- ished from gardens as unnatural ; but it surprises me that they have not been allotted to their proper positions , to cities , towns , and the courts of great houses , as proper ...
... improvements . Fountains have with great reason been ban- ished from gardens as unnatural ; but it surprises me that they have not been allotted to their proper positions , to cities , towns , and the courts of great houses , as proper ...
Page 68
... improvements . He sees his situation in all seasons of the year , at all times of the day . He knows where beauty will not clash with convenience , and observes in his silent walks or accidental rides a thousand hints that must escape a ...
... improvements . He sees his situation in all seasons of the year , at all times of the day . He knows where beauty will not clash with convenience , and observes in his silent walks or accidental rides a thousand hints that must escape a ...
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