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Page 78
... lay - out in addition to building many of the temples and ornaments which decorated the park . The garden was laid out in the form of a vast pentagon extending , from summit to base , to about two - thirds of a mile , and rather more in ...
... lay - out in addition to building many of the temples and ornaments which decorated the park . The garden was laid out in the form of a vast pentagon extending , from summit to base , to about two - thirds of a mile , and rather more in ...
Page 91
... lay - out of the original Tudor building . Across the park winds a long lake , assuming fairly successfully the appearance of an important river , while amidst the surrounding plantations and groves , which are threaded by a connecting ...
... lay - out of the original Tudor building . Across the park winds a long lake , assuming fairly successfully the appearance of an important river , while amidst the surrounding plantations and groves , which are threaded by a connecting ...
Page 96
... lay - out showed on the contrary an almost alarm- ing fertility of invention , including in the depths of romantic groves such hidden points of interest as the Broad Sanctuary and Holy Well , Pomarium and Winter Walk , the Monks ...
... lay - out showed on the contrary an almost alarm- ing fertility of invention , including in the depths of romantic groves such hidden points of interest as the Broad Sanctuary and Holy Well , Pomarium and Winter Walk , the Monks ...
Contents
THE SEARCH FOR SUSTENANCE | 9 |
THE AGE OF SYMMETRY | 31 |
THE RETURN TO NATURE | 69 |
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