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... scene of delights more picturesque than the landscapes of Tinian or Juan Fernan- dez ? Yet what was that boasted Paradise with which the gods ordain'd To grace Alcinous and his happy land ? POPE Why , divested of harmonious Greek ...
... scene of delights more picturesque than the landscapes of Tinian or Juan Fernan- dez ? Yet what was that boasted Paradise with which the gods ordain'd To grace Alcinous and his happy land ? POPE Why , divested of harmonious Greek ...
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... scene , and names and inscriptions in box again succeeded to compensate for the dar- ing introduction of nature . * expert as most nations in that kind of sculpture ; for which Hampton - court was particularly remarkable . The doctor ...
... scene , and names and inscriptions in box again succeeded to compensate for the dar- ing introduction of nature . * expert as most nations in that kind of sculpture ; for which Hampton - court was particularly remarkable . The doctor ...
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... scenes , that depend on themselves alone , weary when often seen . The Doric portico , the Palladian bridge , the Gothic ... scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in ...
... scenes , that depend on themselves alone , weary when often seen . The Doric portico , the Palladian bridge , the Gothic ... scene adapted to contemplation . It is almost comic to set aside a quarter of one's garden to be melancholy in ...
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acres admired æra Alcinous ancient Anecdotes of Painting architecture artists basons beauty beech bestowed Bibliographical Note bridge Chinese Chinese pagoda Claud Claud Lorrain cloisters common covered with lead delights dening designed disposition edition enclosure English Esher Essay on Modern eunuchs Euphrates expence fantastic farther fashions fountains French garden of Eden genius grace greens grotto ground Hampton-court hedges Herculaneum Hertfordshire HORACE WALPOLE ideas imate improvements invention irregular ished Kent Kent's kitchen-garden labyrinth landscape lawn lord luxury magnificent marble Milton modern gardening nature oblong observed orchard painter palace Paradise park parterre perfect picture pine planted Pliny portico prince prospect quincunx reign rivers royal scene seat seen shade shady sharawadgis shrubs side sir William Temple solitude spot square steps Stourhead Strawberry Hill style of gardening summer-houses sunk fence taste terrass-walk terrasses Theobald's tion trees verdant villa vines vineyard W. S. Lewis walks walls woods