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... , delighted in what the mob now scarce admire in a college - garden . All the ingredients of Pliny's corresponded ex- actly with those laid out by London and Wise on Dutch principles . He talks of slopes , terrasses , 8.
... , delighted in what the mob now scarce admire in a college - garden . All the ingredients of Pliny's corresponded ex- actly with those laid out by London and Wise on Dutch principles . He talks of slopes , terrasses , 8.
Page 10
... principles of modern gardening , and bespoken as accompaniment to the most costly of all palaces ground laid out with all the freedom of nature . How will my readers be surprised to hear that Nero himself was the prince in question ! In ...
... principles of modern gardening , and bespoken as accompaniment to the most costly of all palaces ground laid out with all the freedom of nature . How will my readers be surprised to hear that Nero himself was the prince in question ! In ...
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... principles resembling ours , that he translated and published , under the name of sir Harry Beaumont , a particular account of that enclosure from the collection of the letters of the Jesuits . I have looked it over , and , except a ...
... principles resembling ours , that he translated and published , under the name of sir Harry Beaumont , a particular account of that enclosure from the collection of the letters of the Jesuits . I have looked it over , and , except a ...
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