E. 319 tic beauties—its transparency—its lively motion—its delicious fresh-ness—its enchanting sound ; and add to it such magical effects of lightand colours, as can hardly be conceived by those who have not seen ajet deau on a large scale. Et dans lair senflammant aux feux dun soleil pur,Pleuvoir… … scenes, have imitated those rude circumstances, whatever they may be,which give them the appearance of being natural. My reason forthinking so is, that there are often cascades as well as fountains in theold Italian gardens, and they are manifestly artificial, without anyattempt to imitate that…
Landscape gardening · Aesthetics
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