Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)
Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 27
e may suspect a little sense of humour v/herethe ponderous doctor tells how the Arcadian poet began topoint his prospects, to diversify his surface, to entangle hiswalks, and to wind his waters. Whether to plant a walk inundulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn wherethere is an object… … THE ITALIAN COLUMN WITHgarden is neither to be hidden—demand any great powers of the mind 1will not inquire. Perhaps a surly and sullen spectatormay think such performances rather the sport than thebusiness of human reason. Yet Johnson saw merit in aman who was doing best what multitudes were…
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