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Page 28
... perfect garden . I speak not of his style , which it was not necessary for him to an- imate with the colouring and glow of poetry . It is his want of ideas , of imagination , of taste , that I censure , when he dictated on a subject ...
... perfect garden . I speak not of his style , which it was not necessary for him to an- imate with the colouring and glow of poetry . It is his want of ideas , of imagination , of taste , that I censure , when he dictated on a subject ...
Page 40
... perfect perfection was still sought ; and improvements had gone on , till London & Wise had stocked our gardens with giants , animals , monsters , * coats of arms and commend the place , and to approve our taste in gardens — but in the ...
... perfect perfection was still sought ; and improvements had gone on , till London & Wise had stocked our gardens with giants , animals , monsters , * coats of arms and commend the place , and to approve our taste in gardens — but in the ...
Page 59
... perfect example of this mode in the utmost boundary of his garden . All is great and foreign and rude ; the walks seem not designed , but cut through the wood of pines ; and the style of the whole is so grand , and con- ducted with so ...
... perfect example of this mode in the utmost boundary of his garden . All is great and foreign and rude ; the walks seem not designed , but cut through the wood of pines ; and the style of the whole is so grand , and con- ducted with so ...
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