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... palace with brazen walls and columns of silver , he cer- tainly intended that the garden should be pro- portionably magnificent . We are sure therefore , that as late as Homer's age an enclosure of four acres , comprehending orchard ...
... palace with brazen walls and columns of silver , he cer- tainly intended that the garden should be pro- portionably magnificent . We are sure therefore , that as late as Homer's age an enclosure of four acres , comprehending orchard ...
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... it was no doubt more difficult to find her in a park than in a palace , when the intricacy of the woods and various lodges buried in covert might conceal her actual habi- tation . ner , It is more extraordinary , that having so 22.
... it was no doubt more difficult to find her in a park than in a palace , when the intricacy of the woods and various lodges buried in covert might conceal her actual habi- tation . ner , It is more extraordinary , that having so 22.
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... palace demands its external graces and attributes , as much as a garden . Fountains and cypresses peculiarly become buildings ; and no man can have been at Rome , and seen the vast basons of marble dashed with perpetual cascades in the ...
... palace demands its external graces and attributes , as much as a garden . Fountains and cypresses peculiarly become buildings ; and no man can have been at Rome , and seen the vast basons of marble dashed with perpetual cascades in the ...
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