The Thames: Or, Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings and Picturesque Scenery on the Banks of that Noble River, Volume 1Vernor, Hood & Sharpe and W.B. Cooke, 1811 - England |
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... nature and disposition . The park was improved by Mr. Browne , and is one among the many proofs which he has left of excellence in his art . The house was erected by the late Sir Francis Sykes , after a design of that eminent architect ...
... nature and disposition . The park was improved by Mr. Browne , and is one among the many proofs which he has left of excellence in his art . The house was erected by the late Sir Francis Sykes , after a design of that eminent architect ...
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... nature would receive every help that art could offer , when it is considered , that the work of improve- ment was entrusted to the direction of Mr. Repton , the first landscape gardener of his own , and perhaps any other day . -When ...
... nature would receive every help that art could offer , when it is considered , that the work of improve- ment was entrusted to the direction of Mr. Repton , the first landscape gardener of his own , and perhaps any other day . -When ...
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... nature had already moulded it into an abundant variety of pleasing shapes ; and the most beautiful stream , in a country that abounds in every kind of water , was prepared to enrich it ; but its enrichments , its decorations , its ...
... nature had already moulded it into an abundant variety of pleasing shapes ; and the most beautiful stream , in a country that abounds in every kind of water , was prepared to enrich it ; but its enrichments , its decorations , its ...
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... nature in his garden at Twickenham .-- • To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the column , or the arch to bend , To swell the terrace , or to sink the grot ; In all let nature never be forgot ; But treat the goddess like ...
... nature in his garden at Twickenham .-- • To build , to plant , whatever you intend , To rear the column , or the arch to bend , To swell the terrace , or to sink the grot ; In all let nature never be forgot ; But treat the goddess like ...
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... natures , from their beauty and rarity , are most con- genial to the spot which they inhabit . Though it is per ... natural victim of that destructive power . Mr. Stuart , the architect , particularly known by the title of Athenian ...
... natures , from their beauty and rarity , are most con- genial to the spot which they inhabit . Though it is per ... natural victim of that destructive power . Mr. Stuart , the architect , particularly known by the title of Athenian ...
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