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The landscape gardening and landscape architecture of the late Humphry Repton, esq., being his entire works on these subjects : ...with historical and scientific introduction, a systematic analysis, a biographical notice, notes, and copious alphabetical index (1840)

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843 · London : Printed for the editor, and sold by Longman · leaf 459

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rivermight be obtained, with equal safety to the spectator. I have sometimesseen a drive, or walk, brought to the edge of a precipice, without any ade-quate fence; but good taste, as well as good sense, requires to be satisfiedthat there is no danger in the beauties we behold. We do not caress… … [Fig. 15& Terrace fence^separating the Italian gardea from tlie park.] FRAGMENT IV. CONCERNING COBHAM. Whether we consider its extent, its magnificence, or itscomfort, there are few places which can vie with Cohham, inKent, the seat of the Earl of Darnley; and none which I canmention, where so…

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