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... - green was all the lawn admitted in those times , a circular lake the extent of magnificence . I that rose This , like other silly fashions , which , begun without meaning , are frequently continued with as little , 20.
... - green was all the lawn admitted in those times , a circular lake the extent of magnificence . I that rose This , like other silly fashions , which , begun without meaning , are frequently continued with as little , 20.
Page 43
... lawn within ; and the garden in its turn was to be set free from its prim regularity , that it might assort with the wilder country without . The sunk fence ascertained the specific garden ; but that it might not draw too obvious a line ...
... lawn within ; and the garden in its turn was to be set free from its prim regularity , that it might assort with the wilder country without . The sunk fence ascertained the specific garden ; but that it might not draw too obvious a line ...
Page 54
... pushed too far . Though an avenue crossing a park or separat- ing a lawn , and intercepting views from the seat to which it leads , are capital faults ; yet a great avenue * cut through woods , perhaps before en- tering 54.
... pushed too far . Though an avenue crossing a park or separat- ing a lawn , and intercepting views from the seat to which it leads , are capital faults ; yet a great avenue * cut through woods , perhaps before en- tering 54.
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