 The measured walk, the quincunx, and the etoile imposed their unsatisfying sameness on every royal and noble garden. Trees were headed, and their sides pared away; many French groves seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and...  The Antiquary - Page 111edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 494 pages
...upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and summer-houses, terminated everv visto [vista]; and svmmetrv, even where the space was too large to permit its being remarked at one view, was so essential, that, as Pope observed, - — each alley has a brother, And hall the garden lust reflects the other. Knots... | |
 | Samuel Sloan - 1869 - 978 pages
...set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbors and summer-houses, terminated every vista ; and symmetrj', even where the space was too large to permit its being remarked at one view, was so essential that, as Pope observed ' each alley hu a hrother ; And half the platfurm j u»t reflects the other.' Knots... | |
 | 1780 - 826 pages
...Seats of maihle, arbours and fummer-houlrs, terminated every vilto; and fymmetry, even where the fpace was too large to permit its being remarked at one view, was ß> diemial, that, as Pope obferved, • i each alley has a brother, And half the garden juft reflects... | |
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