... as I remember, about three hundred paces long, and broad in proportion; the border set with standard laurels and at large distances, which have the beauty of orange-trees out of flower and fruit. From this walk are three descents by many stone steps,... Planting and Rural Ornament - Page 217by Mr. Marshall (William) - 1796Full view - About this book
| William Temple - Europe - 1757 - 564 pages
...great parlour opens into the middle of a terras gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may be, as I remember, about three hundred paces long, and...laurels, and at large diftances, which have the beauty of orange-trees, out of flower and fruit : from this walk are three defcents by many ftone-fteps, in the... | |
| History - 1781 - 732 pages
...lies upon the breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens in the middle of a terras gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may lie, as I remember,...laurels and at large diftances, which have the beauty of orange-trees out of flower and fruit. From this walk are three defcents by many none fteps, in the... | |
| Mr. Marshall (William) - Botany - 1785 - 698 pages
...lies upon the breadth ef the garden; the great parlour opens into the middle of a terras gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may lie, as I remember, about three hundred pace? long, and broad in proportion ; the border fet with fiandard laurels and at large diftances,... | |
| Horace Walpole, George Vertue - Gardening - 1786 - 360 pages
...lies upon the breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens into the middle of a terras gravelwalk that lies even with it, and which may lie, as I remember,...laurels and at large diftances, which have the beauty of orangetrees out of flower and 4fruit. From this walk are three defcents by many ftone fteps, in the... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 762 pages
...lies upon the breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens in the middle of a terras gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may lie, as I remember,...have the beauty of orange. trees out of flower and fruits From this walk are three defcents by many ftone fteps, in the middle and at each end, Into a... | |
| History - 1788 - 734 pages
...lies upon the breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens in the middle of a terras gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may lie, as I remember,...long, and broad in proportion; the border fet with Itandard laurels and at large diftances, which hnve the beauty of orange-trees out of flower and fruit,... | |
| Mr. Marshall (William) - Botany - 1803 - 460 pages
...plea•' sure are, lies upon the breadth of the garden ; " th'e great parlour opens into the middle of a " terrace gravel walk that lies even with it, and "...paces long, and broad in proportion; " the border set with standard laurels and at large " distances, which have the beauty of orange trees " out of... | |
| William Temple - 1814 - 588 pages
...great parlour opens into the middle of a terras gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may be, as I remember, about three hundred paces long, and broad in proportion ; the border set with standard laurels, and at large distances, which have the beauty of orangetrees, out of flower... | |
| Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 pages
...great parlour opens into the middle of a terrace gravel-walk that lies even with it, and which may be, as I remember, about three hundred paces long, and broad in proportion ; the border set with standard laurels, and at large distances, which hare the beauty of orangetrees, out of flower... | |
| Horace Walpole - Artists - 1827 - 400 pages
...lies upon the breadth of the garden ; the great parlour opens into the middle of a terras gravelwalk that lies even with it, and which may lie, as I remember,...hundred paces long, and broad in proportion ; the border set with standard laurels and at large distances, which have the beauty of orange-trees out of flower... | |
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