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... picture . ' And far off , with the rust of the barons ' wars up- on it , might be discerned the engaging ruin Mr. Saunderson Miller completed only yesterday . Horace Walpole's essay is a brief history of landscape - gardening from the ...
... picture . ' And far off , with the rust of the barons ' wars up- on it , might be discerned the engaging ruin Mr. Saunderson Miller completed only yesterday . Horace Walpole's essay is a brief history of landscape - gardening from the ...
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... picture , they will find satisfactions on those days that do not invite strangers to come and see their improvements . Fountains have with great reason been ban- ished from gardens as unnatural ; but it surprises me that they have not ...
... picture , they will find satisfactions on those days that do not invite strangers to come and see their improvements . Fountains have with great reason been ban- ished from gardens as unnatural ; but it surprises me that they have not ...
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... picture . One misfortune in truth there is that throws a difficulty on the artist . A principal beauty in our gardens is the lawn and smooth- ness of turf : in a picture it becomes a dead and uniform spot , incapable of chiaro scuro ...
... picture . One misfortune in truth there is that throws a difficulty on the artist . A principal beauty in our gardens is the lawn and smooth- ness of turf : in a picture it becomes a dead and uniform spot , incapable of chiaro scuro ...
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