 After dinner, I walked to Ham, to see the house and garden of the Duke of Lauderdale, which is indeed inferior to few of the best villas in Italy itself ; the house furnished like a great Prince's ; the parterres, flower-gardens, orangeries, groves, avenues,...  The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of ... - Страница 374по Roger North - 1826Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | William John Hardy, F. E. Robinson, William Paley Baildon - 1906 - 434 страници
...house furnished like a great Prince's; Parterres, flower gardens, Orangeries, groves, Avenues, Courts, perspectives, fountains, Aviaries, and all this at the Banks of the sweetest River in the world." "The more than Italian luxury of Ham" earned it the name of " Ham Palace," and as all the exquisite... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1901 - 392 страници
...best villas in Italy itself; the house furnished like a great Prince's; the parterres, flowergardens, orangeries, groves, avenues, courts, statues, perspectives,...this at the banks of the sweetest river in the world, must needs be admirable. Hence, I went to my worthy friend, Sir Henry Capel [at Kew], brother to the... | |
 | 1901 - 418 страници
...best villas in Italy itself; the house furnished like a great Prince's; the parterres, flowergardens, orangeries, groves, avenues, courts, statues, perspectives,...this at the banks of the sweetest river in the world, must needs be admirable. Hence, I went to my worthy friend, Sir Henry Capel [at Kew], brother to the... | |
 | 1905 - 792 страници
...gardens of the DUKE OF LAUDERDALE, which is indeed inferior to few of the best Villas in Italy itself ; the House furnished like a great Prince's ; the Parterres,...Gardens, Orangeries, Groves, Avenues, Courts, Statues, Prospectives, Fountaines, Aviaries, and all this at the banks of the sweetest River in the World, must... | |
 | M. R. Gloag - 1906 - 406 страници
...Garden of the Duke of Lauderdale, which is, indeed, inferior to few of the best villas in Italy itself; the house furnished like a great Prince's ; the Parterres,...Perspectives, Fountains, Aviaries, and all this at the bank of the sweetest river in the world, must needs be admirable." This shows that the Gardens of Ham... | |
 | Harry Graham - 1908 - 436 страници
...parterres, flower gardens, orangeries, groves, avenues, courts, statues, perspectives, fountaines, aviaries, and all this at the banks of the sweetest river in the world, must needes be admirable." 3 It was with sums wrung from the unwilling citizens of Edinburgh that the... | |
 | William Temple - 1908 - 372 страници
...parterres, flower gardens, orangeries, groves, avenues, courts, statues, perspectives, fountaines, aviaries, and all this at the banks of the sweetest river in the world, must needes be admirable. Hence I went to my worthy friend Sir Henry Capel [at KewJ brother to the... | |
 | James S. Ogilvy - 1914 - 534 страници
...gardens of the Duke of Lauderdale, which is indeed inferior to few of the best villas in Italy itself; the house furnished like a great prince's ; the parterres,...this at the banks of the sweetest river in the world must needs be admirable." If we had only Bishop Burnet's description of Lauderdale, it might be regarded... | |
 | Gordon S. Maxwell - 1924 - 350 страници
...garden of the Duke of Lauderdale, which is indeede inferior to few of the best villas in Italy itselfe ; the house furnished like a great Prince's ; the parterres,...orangeries, groves, avenues, courts, statues, perspectives, fountaines, aviaries, and all this at the banks of the sweetest river in the world, must needes be... | |
 | Roger North - 1890 - 482 страници
...tells ns, that it was " inferior to few of the best villas in Italy itself; the house furnished like n great prince's ; the parterres, flower gardens, orangeries,...the world." (Memoirs, vol. ip 470.) The Cabal held thoir meetings at this house. DEATH OF DR. JOHN NORTH. 283 hemiplegia, which rescinded the chief use... | |
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