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Planting and Rural Ornament - Page 232
by Mr. Marshall (William) - 1796
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 23

History - 1781 - 732 pages
...thence and from their novelty grew in faihion, did not occafion the neglecl of the more curious plants. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in fome...novelty of his art. It would have been difficult to have a higher ftyle, as his ideas opened on fuccefi. The north terras at Claremont was muchfuperior to the...
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Planting and Ornamental Gardening: A Practical Treatise

Mr. Marshall (William) - Botany - 1785 - 698 pages
...Emperor Julian had felefted the molt pieafing folitude about Daphne to enjoy a philofophic retirement. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in fome...would have been difficult to have tranfported the Ityle of gardening at once from a few acres to tumbling of forefts : and though new fafhions like new...
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Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., Volume 4

Horace Walpole, George Vertue - Gardening - 1786 - 360 pages
...emperor Julian had felected the moft pleafing folitude about Daphne to enjoy a philofophic retirement. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in fome...tumbling of forefts : and though new fafhions like newreligions, [which are new fafhions] often. lead men to the moft oppofite excefles, it could not...
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Annual Register, Volume 23

Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 762 pages
...occafion the negle¿l of the more curious plants. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in forr.e meafure owing to the novelty of his art. It would...gardening at once from a few acres to tumbling of forefb : and though new faihions often lead men to the moft oppofite excelfes, it could not be the...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 23

History - 1788 - 734 pages
...grew in fafhion, did not occafion the negleft of the more curious plants. That Kent's ideas were hot rarely great, was in fome meafure owing to the novelty...would have been difficult to have tranfported the flyle of gardening at once from a few acres to tumbling of forefts : and though new fafhions often...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 44

English literature - 1782 - 682 pages
...thence and from their novelty grew in falhion, did not occafion the neglect of tie more curious plants. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in fome...few acres to tumbling of forefts : and though new f.iihiona often lead men to the moll oppofite excefles, it could not be the cafe in gardening, where...
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Planting and rural ornament [by W.H. Marshall].

William Marshall - 1796 - 486 pages
...Julian had fele&e.d ' the moft pleafing folitude about Daphne to enjoy * a philofophic retirement. • ' THAT Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was ' in...' It would have been difficult to have tranfported 1 the ftyle of gardening at once from a few acres to ' tumbling of forefts : and though new fafhions...
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(Selections From) Observations on Modern Gardening

Thomas Whately - 1801 - 158 pages
...enjoy a philosophic retire/ient. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in s-гле measure o?. the novelty of his art. It would have been difficult to have tre the style of gardening at once fron a few acres to tumbling of fc and though new fashions like...
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On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise, Volume 1

Mr. Marshall (William) - Botany - 1803 - 460 pages
...en' enjoy a philosophic retirement. ' THAT Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was ' in some measure owing to the novelty of his art. ' It would have been difficult to have transported ' the style of gardening at once from a few acres to ' tumbling of forests: and though...
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Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., Volume 4

Horace Walpole - Artists - 1827 - 400 pages
...Daphne to enjoy a philosophic retirement. That Kent's ideas were but rarely great, was in some measure owing to the novelty of his art. It would have been difficult to have transported the style of gardening at once from a few acres to tumbling of forests ; and though new...
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