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Sir Uvedale Price, On the picturesque : with an essay On the origin of taste, and much original matter (1842)

Price, Uvedale, Sir, 1747-1829, Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir, 1784-1848 · Edinburgh : Caldwell, Lloyd ; London : Orr · leaf 337

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ould be,that the house and its subsidiary buildings should be directly associatedwith designs of a character which may have much of architectural re-gularity, as well as actual architectural feature about them. By thismeans the house itself not only becomes a more pleasing object to lookat from all… … vases, sun-dials architectural seats, fountains, and statues, mingled witha profusion of shrubs, plants, and creepers, are all appropriate and usefuldecorations in such a place. The more formal trees, such as cypresses,Lombardy poplars, Irish yews, &c, come well into harmony with…

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