The Thames: Or Graphic Illustrations of Seats, Villas, Public Buildings, and Picturesque Scenery, on the Banks of that Noble RiverVernor, Hood and Sharpe, 1811 - Thames River (England) |
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... trees , hanging down the lawn . To the left the ground falls abruptly into a glen in the park , but imme- diately rises into an irregular extensive brow , covered with oaks ; which are so thick as to form a waving mass of fo- liage , in ...
... trees , hanging down the lawn . To the left the ground falls abruptly into a glen in the park , but imme- diately rises into an irregular extensive brow , covered with oaks ; which are so thick as to form a waving mass of fo- liage , in ...
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... trees , or groupes of them , just sufficient to break the long level of coarser verdure , and to make them harmonise with the highly embellished grounds above them . The whole is a place of the first order : nature gave the out- line ...
... trees , or groupes of them , just sufficient to break the long level of coarser verdure , and to make them harmonise with the highly embellished grounds above them . The whole is a place of the first order : nature gave the out- line ...
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... trees . In summer , the whole of the building is removed , and the trees appear to stand in the natural ground . There is also an urn to the memory of Lady Palmerston , and a similar sepulchral me- morial to the poet Mason , who ...
... trees . In summer , the whole of the building is removed , and the trees appear to stand in the natural ground . There is also an urn to the memory of Lady Palmerston , and a similar sepulchral me- morial to the poet Mason , who ...
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... trees , the arrangement of its flowers , the succession of its artificial embellishments , and the judicious conduct of its surrounding path , that it becomes apparently magnified into ample extent . The patches of flowers and clumps of ...
... trees , the arrangement of its flowers , the succession of its artificial embellishments , and the judicious conduct of its surrounding path , that it becomes apparently magnified into ample extent . The patches of flowers and clumps of ...
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... trees are agreeably scattered , winds through a woody scene to the flower garden and the menagerie . The former is in- closed by a wall , and , being solely applied to the culture of flowers , is disposed in regular parterres , with a ...
... trees are agreeably scattered , winds through a woody scene to the flower garden and the menagerie . The former is in- closed by a wall , and , being solely applied to the culture of flowers , is disposed in regular parterres , with a ...
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