On Modern Gardening: An Essay |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 7
Page 20
... terrasses ; and so many iron gates , that we recollect those ancient romances , in which every entrance was guarded by nymphs or dragons . At lady Orford's at Piddletown in Dorsetshire , there was , when my brother married , a double ...
... terrasses ; and so many iron gates , that we recollect those ancient romances , in which every entrance was guarded by nymphs or dragons . At lady Orford's at Piddletown in Dorsetshire , there was , when my brother married , a double ...
Page 20
... terrasses ; and so many gates , that we recollect those ancient romances , in which every entrance was guarded by nymphs or dragons . At lady Orford's at Piddletown in Dorsetshire , there was , when my brother married , a double ...
... terrasses ; and so many gates , that we recollect those ancient romances , in which every entrance was guarded by nymphs or dragons . At lady Orford's at Piddletown in Dorsetshire , there was , when my brother married , a double ...
Page 32
... terrasses covered with lead and fenced with balusters ; and the passage into these airy walks is out of the two summer - houses at the end of the first terrass - walk . The cloister facing the south is covered with vines , and would ...
... terrasses covered with lead and fenced with balusters ; and the passage into these airy walks is out of the two summer - houses at the end of the first terrass - walk . The cloister facing the south is covered with vines , and would ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres admired æra Alcinous ancient Anecdotes of Painting architecture artists basons beauty beech bestowed Bibliographical Note Chinese Chinese pagoda Claud Claud Lorrain cloisters common covered with lead delights dening designed disposition edition enclosure 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 STANFORD steps stone 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