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... 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.
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... royal spoilers , gave origin to parks . They were contracted forests , and ex- tended gardens . Hentzner says , that according to Rous of Warwick the first park was that at Woodstock . If so , it might be the foundation of a legend that ...
... royal spoilers , gave origin to parks . They were contracted forests , and ex- tended gardens . Hentzner says , that according to Rous of Warwick the first park was that at Woodstock . If so , it might be the foundation of a legend that ...
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... Royal and Noble Authors , in 1787 , but he makes no mention in any pub- lished letter of a pirated edition of the Essay on Modern Gardening . However , as Mr. Edmund B. Thompson of the Walpole Printing Office has pointed out to me ...
... Royal and Noble Authors , in 1787 , but he makes no mention in any pub- lished letter of a pirated edition of the Essay on Modern Gardening . However , as Mr. Edmund B. Thompson of the Walpole Printing Office has pointed out to me ...
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