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... seat made within it for that purpose . * But though Pliny only caught an ideal glimpse of a possi- bility that nature might be no bad decoration ; yet there had been a prince , who amidst all his wildness of extravagant ex- pence ( one ...
... seat made within it for that purpose . * But though Pliny only caught an ideal glimpse of a possi- bility that nature might be no bad decoration ; yet there had been a prince , who amidst all his wildness of extravagant ex- pence ( one ...
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... seat , or some great race of fancy or judgment in the con- trivance , which may reduce many disagreeing parts into some figure , which shall yet , upon the whole , be very agreeable . Something of this I have seen in some places , but ...
... seat , or some great race of fancy or judgment in the con- trivance , which may reduce many disagreeing parts into some figure , which shall yet , upon the whole , be very agreeable . Something of this I have seen in some places , but ...
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... seat of the earl of Halifax , traversing an ancient wood for two miles and bounded by the sea . The very extensive lawns at that seat , richly enclosed by venerable beech woods , and cheq- uered by single beeches of vast size ...
... seat of the earl of Halifax , traversing an ancient wood for two miles and bounded by the sea . The very extensive lawns at that seat , richly enclosed by venerable beech woods , and cheq- uered by single beeches of vast size ...
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