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 |
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... 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 , main- tains throughout its course an elevated situation . It pro- ceeds from 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 , main- tains throughout its course an elevated situation . It pro- ceeds from the ...
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... natural divisions , that they altogether compose a con- summate picture of sylvan beauty . The walk now assumes a ... nature . On re - entering what may be called the Portico glade , a scene displays itself , which , in its kind , has ...
... natural divisions , that they altogether compose a con- summate picture of sylvan beauty . The walk now assumes a ... nature . On re - entering what may be called the Portico glade , a scene displays itself , which , in its kind , has ...
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... nature appears in her gayest embroidery , picturesque embellishment demands all the elegance that art can bestow ; but taste alone could not have formed the picture which has been so imperfectly described . Such an Arcadian scene . must ...
... nature appears in her gayest embroidery , picturesque embellishment demands all the elegance that art can bestow ; but taste alone could not have formed the picture which has been so imperfectly described . Such an Arcadian scene . must ...
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... natural love of tranquillity , a taste for the fine arts and the more flowery parts of litera- ture , to which not only the circumstances of his early life , but the tendencies of his genius may have disposed him ; and a constitution ...
... natural love of tranquillity , a taste for the fine arts and the more flowery parts of litera- ture , to which not only the circumstances of his early life , but the tendencies of his genius may have disposed him ; and a constitution ...
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... natural caverns find a place among the ornamental and characteristic objects of modern gardens . There are very fine ... nature . The only grottos which we recollect to be preserved , are those of this place , at Oatlands THE GROTTO ...
... natural caverns find a place among the ornamental and characteristic objects of modern gardens . There are very fine ... nature . The only grottos which we recollect to be preserved , are those of this place , at Oatlands THE GROTTO ...
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