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... never mentioned as affording shade and shelter from the rage of the dog - star . Pliny has left us descriptions of two of his villas . As he used his Laurentine villa for his winter retreat , it is not surprising that the gar- den makes ...
... never mentioned as affording shade and shelter from the rage of the dog - star . Pliny has left us descriptions of two of his villas . As he used his Laurentine villa for his winter retreat , it is not surprising that the gar- den makes ...
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... never been noticed , till a gentleman [ Mr. Pinkerton ] who reads and writes with the penetrating observation of Taci- tus , furnished me with the following quotation from book xv . of the Annals of that masterly author . Taciti Annal ...
... never been noticed , till a gentleman [ Mr. Pinkerton ] who reads and writes with the penetrating observation of Taci- tus , furnished me with the following quotation from book xv . of the Annals of that masterly author . Taciti Annal ...
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... never stirred out of Holbourn . It was not peculiar to sir William Temple to think in that manner . How many Frenchmen are there who have seen our gardens , and still prefer natural flights of steps and shady cloisters covered with lead ...
... never stirred out of Holbourn . It was not peculiar to sir William Temple to think in that manner . How many Frenchmen are there who have seen our gardens , and still prefer natural flights of steps and shady cloisters covered with lead ...
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