 | Mr. Marshall (William) - 1803 - 460 pages
...makes amends for the expence, which " is very great in finishing and supporting the " terrace-walks, in levelling the parterres, and in " the stone stairs...Hertfordshire, when I knew it about " thirty years ago. It was made hy the Countess " of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest wits of " her time, and... | |
 | William Temple - 1814 - 588 pages
...view makes amends for the expence, which is very great in finishing and supporting the terras-walks, in levelling the parterres, and in the stone stairs...abroad, was that of Moor- Park in Hertfordshire, when 1 knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1814 - 580 pages
...view makes amends for the expence, which is very great in finishing and supporting the terras-walks, in levelling the parterres, and in the stone stairs...I ever saw, either at home or abroad, was that of Moor-Park in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of Bedford,... | |
 | Sir William Temple - 1821 - 390 pages
...au oblong, and either upon a flat or a descent ; they have all their beauties, but the best I esteem an oblong upon a descent. The beauty, the air, the...in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago : it was made by the countess of Bedford, esteemed amongst the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated... | |
 | 1821 - 384 pages
...an oblong, and either upon a flat or a descent ; they have all their beauties, but the best I esteem an oblong upon a descent. The beauty, the air, the...I ever saw, either at home or abroad, was that of Moor-Park in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago : it was made by the countess of... | |
 | Lucy Aikin - 1822 - 468 pages
...also, in his Essay on Gardening, has paid the following tribute to her taste and accomplishments : ' ' The perfectest figure of a garden I ever saw, either...in Hertfordshire when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the countess of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...which is very great in finishing and supporting the terrace walks, in levelling the parterres, anil in the stone stairs that are necessary from one to...of Moor Park in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about 30 years ago. It was made by the countess of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time,... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1827 - 400 pages
...view makes amends for the expence, which is very great in finishing and supporting the terraswalks, in levelling the parterres, and in the stone stairs...I ever saw, either at home or abroad, was that of Moor-park in Hertfordshire,* when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 pages
...which is very great in finishing and supporting the terrace walks, in levelling the parterres, and the stone stairs that are necessary from one to the...in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the countess of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...levelling the parterres, and the stone stairs that are necessary from one to the other. The perfeclest figure of a garden I ever saw, either at home or abroad,...in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the countess of Bedford, esteemed among the crpatesl wits of her time, and celebrated... | |
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The perfectest figure of a garden I ever saw either at home or abroad was that of Moor Park in Hertfordshire, when I knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of Bedford... 
