A Dissertation on Oriental GardeningW. Wilson, 1773 - 163 Seiten |
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... trees are shaped into obelifks , pyramids and vafes ; and all the receffes in the thickets bear the names and forms of theatres , amphitheatres , tem- ples , banqueting halls , ball rooms , cabinets and fa- loons . The ftreets and ...
... trees are shaped into obelifks , pyramids and vafes ; and all the receffes in the thickets bear the names and forms of theatres , amphitheatres , tem- ples , banqueting halls , ball rooms , cabinets and fa- loons . The ftreets and ...
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... trees , and verged with a confufed border of little fhrubs and flowers ; upon farther inspection , he finds a little ferpentine path , twining in regular effes amongst the fhrubs of the border , upon which he is to go round , to look on ...
... trees , and verged with a confufed border of little fhrubs and flowers ; upon farther inspection , he finds a little ferpentine path , twining in regular effes amongst the fhrubs of the border , upon which he is to go round , to look on ...
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... trees growing in a line , from the Land's - end to the Tweed ; and if their humour for devaftation continues to rage much longer , there will not be a forest - tree left standing in the whole kingdom . DISSERTATIO N. AMONGST MONGST the ...
... trees growing in a line , from the Land's - end to the Tweed ; and if their humour for devaftation continues to rage much longer , there will not be a forest - tree left standing in the whole kingdom . DISSERTATIO N. AMONGST MONGST the ...
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... trees and rocks ; fuch fituations be- ing always chofen for them , as correfpond with the fense of the infcriptions ; which thereby acquire additional force in themselves , and likewife give a ftronger expreffion to the fcene . They say ...
... trees and rocks ; fuch fituations be- ing always chofen for them , as correfpond with the fense of the infcriptions ; which thereby acquire additional force in themselves , and likewife give a ftronger expreffion to the fcene . They say ...
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... trees and underwood ; and on the outfide , with low fhrubberies ; over which the paffenger fees the whole fcenery of the adjacent country , in appearance forming a continuation of the Garden , as its fence is carefully concealed B ...
... trees and underwood ; and on the outfide , with low fhrubberies ; over which the paffenger fees the whole fcenery of the adjacent country , in appearance forming a continuation of the Garden , as its fence is carefully concealed B ...
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