| William Temple - 1731 - 506 pagina’s
...thé Branches, the Grapes will be ftill the better. The beft Figure of a Garden is either a Square or an Oblong, and either upon a Flat or a Defcent...makes Amends for the Expence, which is very great in finifhing and fupporting the TerrasWalks, in levelling the Parterres, and in the Stone- Stairs that... | |
| William Temple - 1757 - 564 pagina’s
...bearing branches ; and, the lower the vine and fewer the branches, the grapes will be ftill the better. The beft figure of a garden is either a fquare or...their beauties, but the beft I efteem an oblong upon a delcent. The beauty, the air, the view makes amends for the expence, which is very great in finiming... | |
| 1781 - 732 pagina’s
...long, but I need not make an apology to the reader for entertaining him with any other words inftead of my own, " The beft figure of a garden is either...defcent : they have all their beauties, but the beft I elteem an oblong upon a defcent. The beauty, the air» the view makes amends for the expence, which... | |
| Horace Walpole, George Vertue - 1786 - 360 pagina’s
...long, but I need not make an apology to the reader for entertaining him with any other words inftead of my own. " The beft figure of a garden is either...makes amends for the expence, which is very great in finifhing and fupporting the terras-walks, in levelling the parterres, and in the ftone-ftairs that... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1788 - 762 pagina’s
...long, but I need not make an apology to the reader for entertaining him with any other words inilead of my own. " The beft figure of a garden is either...a defcent : they have all their beauties, but the bed I efteem an oblong upon a defcent. The beauty, the air, the view makes amends for the expence,... | |
| 1788 - 734 pagina’s
...reader for entertaining him with any other words inllead of my own. •' -The bed figure of a garden i* either a fquare or an oblong, and either upon a flat or a defcent : they have all their beautie», but the beft 1 tlleem an oblong upon a dcfcent. The beauty, the air, the view, makes amends... | |
| 1782 - 682 pagina’s
...fquare or an oblong, and either upan a flat ora defcent : they have all their beauties, but the bell I efteem an oblong upon a defcent. The beauty, the...makes amends for the expence, which is very great, in finifhing and fupporting the terras-walk, in levelling the parterres, and in the ftone-ftairs that... | |
| Mr. Marshall (William) - 1796 - 460 pagina’s
...but I need not make an ' apology to the reader for entertaining him with * any other words inftead of my own. " THE beft figure of a garden is either a fquare or " an oblong, and either upon a fiat or a defcent ; " they have all their beauties, but the beft I efteem " an oblong upon a defcent.... | |
| William Marshall - 1796 - 486 pagina’s
...flat or a defeent : " they have all their beauties, but the beft I eftecm " an oblong upon a defeent. The beauty, the air, " the view, makes amends for the expence, which " is very great in finifhing and fupporting the " terrace-walks, in levelling the parterres, and in " the ftone ftairs... | |
| Mr. Marshall (William) - 1803 - 460 pagina’s
...flat or a descent: " they have all their beauties, but the best I esteem ' ' an oblong upon a descent. The beauty, the air, " the view, makes amends for...the expence, which " is very great in finishing and supporting the " terrace-walks, in levelling the parterres, and in " the stone stairs that are necessary... | |
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