London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 262
s from the oppositeshore, which gives room enough for aerial perspective. So alsoin fig. 87. We shall now consider the form of the villa. It is generallythe apex of a series of artificial terraces, which conduct throughits gardens to the water. These are formal in their design, butextensive, wide,… … by unfilled arches, the angles being turned by sculptured pedes-tals, surmounted by statues, or urns. Along the terraces arecarried rows, sometimes of cypress, more frequently of orange orlemon trees, with myrtles, sweet bay, and aloes, inteimingled,but always with dark and spiry cypresses…
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