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... late Mr. Joseph Spence , who had both taste and zeal for the present style , was so persuaded of the Chinese emperor's pleasure- ground being laid out on principles resembling ours , that he translated and published , under the name of ...
... late Mr. Joseph Spence , who had both taste and zeal for the present style , was so persuaded of the Chinese emperor's pleasure- ground being laid out on principles resembling ours , that he translated and published , under the name of ...
Page 38
... late years adopted our style in gardens ; but choosing to be fundamentally obliged to more remote rivals , they deny us half the merit , or rather the originality of the invention , by ascribing the discovery to the Chinese , and by ...
... late years adopted our style in gardens ; but choosing to be fundamentally obliged to more remote rivals , they deny us half the merit , or rather the originality of the invention , by ascribing the discovery to the Chinese , and by ...
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... late sir Jeremy Sambroke . It had formerly belonged to lady More , mother - in - law of sir Thomas More , and had been tyrannically wrenched from her by Henry VIII , on the execution of sir Thomas , though not her son , and though her ...
... late sir Jeremy Sambroke . It had formerly belonged to lady More , mother - in - law of sir Thomas More , and had been tyrannically wrenched from her by Henry VIII , on the execution of sir Thomas , though not her son , and though her ...
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