The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River |
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The terrace , disdaiving the regularity annexed to its Dame , takes the natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping always above the slopes and declivities , maintains ...
The terrace , disdaiving the regularity annexed to its Dame , takes the natural form of the ground over which it passes , as well as the direction of the garden boundary ; and keeping always above the slopes and declivities , maintains ...
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... which correspond so happily with the undulating surface that descends towards them , while different clumps make out such various and natural divisions , that they altogether compose a consummate picture of sylvan beauty .
... which correspond so happily with the undulating surface that descends towards them , while different clumps make out such various and natural divisions , that they altogether compose a consummate picture of sylvan beauty .
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The several beauties appear in natural succession , and the succession is never lost in the divisions . ... The whole is a place of the first order : nature gave the outline , and taste has completed the picture .
The several beauties appear in natural succession , and the succession is never lost in the divisions . ... The whole is a place of the first order : nature gave the outline , and taste has completed the picture .
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“ Si l'auteur de la Nature est grand dans les grandes choses , il est tres grand dans les petites . ” The first object on the entrance of the garden , is the busi of Flora , on a therm , with an appropriate inscription .
“ Si l'auteur de la Nature est grand dans les grandes choses , il est tres grand dans les petites . ” The first object on the entrance of the garden , is the busi of Flora , on a therm , with an appropriate inscription .
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In a flower garden , where all is bloom and fragrance , and where nature appears in her gayest embroidery , picturesque einbellishment demands all the elegance that art can bestow ; but taste alone could not have formed the picture ...
In a flower garden , where all is bloom and fragrance , and where nature appears in her gayest embroidery , picturesque einbellishment demands all the elegance that art can bestow ; but taste alone could not have formed the picture ...
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| Title | The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River Volume 1 of The Thames; Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble River, William Bernard Cooke |
| Author | Samuel Owen |
| Illustrated by | William Bernard Cooke, Samuel Owen |
| Publisher | Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 20, 2007 |
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