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Page 9
... trees alternately planted with planes , and a straight walk , from whence issued others parted off by hedges of box , and apple - trees , with obelisks placed between every two . There wants nothing but the embroidery of a parterre , to ...
... trees alternately planted with planes , and a straight walk , from whence issued others parted off by hedges of box , and apple - trees , with obelisks placed between every two . There wants nothing but the embroidery of a parterre , to ...
Page 15
... tree and shrub . The venerable oak , the romantic beech , the useful elm , even the aspir- ing circuit of the lime , the regular round of the chestnut , and the almost moulded orange - tree , were corrected by ... Trees were headed , and 25.
... tree and shrub . The venerable oak , the romantic beech , the useful elm , even the aspir- ing circuit of the lime , the regular round of the chestnut , and the almost moulded orange - tree , were corrected by ... Trees were headed , and 25.
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... trees , as softened the ap- proach of gloom , and blended a chequered light with the thus lengthened shadows of the re- maining columns . Succeeding artists have added new master- strokes to these touches ; perhaps improved or brought ...
... trees , as softened the ap- proach of gloom , and blended a chequered light with the thus lengthened shadows of the re- maining columns . Succeeding artists have added new master- strokes to these touches ; perhaps improved or brought ...
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