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Page 21
... die accendit ; sed longius ipsam Hic secum placidé cupiunt consumere noîtem , arboreos modulans luscinia ramos Dum super Dulce melos iterat , tenerosque invitat amores . In the royal garden at Hampton - court , planted 27.
... die accendit ; sed longius ipsam Hic secum placidé cupiunt consumere noîtem , arboreos modulans luscinia ramos Dum super Dulce melos iterat , tenerosque invitat amores . In the royal garden at Hampton - court , planted 27.
Page 23
... planted with walks of chestnuts or limes , and generally every large town has one for its public recrea- tion . They are exactly like Burton's court at Chelsea college , and rarely larger . One man , one great man we had , on whom nor ...
... planted with walks of chestnuts or limes , and generally every large town has one for its public recrea- tion . They are exactly like Burton's court at Chelsea college , and rarely larger . One man , one great man we had , on whom nor ...
Page 52
... seldom majestic . His clumps were puny ; he aimed at immediate effect , and planted not for futurity . One sees no large woods sketched out by his direction . Nor are we yet entirely risen above a too great frequency of small clumps , 52.
... seldom majestic . His clumps were puny ; he aimed at immediate effect , and planted not for futurity . One sees no large woods sketched out by his direction . Nor are we yet entirely risen above a too great frequency of small clumps , 52.
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