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An Essay Horace Walpole. surpassing any thing he had ever seen . As he has bestowed on the same happy prince a palace with brazen walls and columns of silver , he cer- tainly intended that the garden should be pro- portionably ...
An Essay Horace Walpole. surpassing any thing he had ever seen . As he has bestowed on the same happy prince a palace with brazen walls and columns of silver , he cer- tainly intended that the garden should be pro- portionably ...
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... thing like a rural view was contrived amidst so much polished composition . But the idea soon vanished , lineal walks immediately enveloped the slight scene , and names and inscriptions in box again succeeded to compensate for the dar ...
... thing like a rural view was contrived amidst so much polished composition . But the idea soon vanished , lineal walks immediately enveloped the slight scene , and names and inscriptions in box again succeeded to compensate for the dar ...
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... thing else , but as an object of mode , it is to be hoped that they too will , every now and then , come into fashion again . The author I have been men- tioning reminds me of a French gentleman , who some years ago made me a visit at ...
... thing else , but as an object of mode , it is to be hoped that they too will , every now and then , come into fashion again . The author I have been men- tioning reminds me of a French gentleman , who some years ago made me a visit at ...
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