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Front Cover
TO VOL
Essay on Artificial Water
Different accidents by which natural lakes are formed—Pieces
The two principal changes, are by removing earth from, or
Remarks on digging out the soil previous to its being disposed of
Arguments for enriching the banks of made-water
Character of simplicity 1 1 >»' '''47
The strong attraction of water, and its influence on all around
They all may, and should be imitated
Of forming and planting islands
And of their disproportion—Small pools in wooded scenes-•
The use of islands in disguising the'appesrance of the head-• •'•
The trees most proper for islands
The great defect of Mr JJrown's system- •
Difficulties in treating the subject, and whence they arise----
hardens in Italy; their general character- •• - ibid
Arguments in favour of the old Italian gardens, from the cba-
Anecdote of Lord Stair—Note—Gravel and terraae walk com-
Revolution in gardening and politics compared
How a real and progressive improvement in gardening might
Richmond terrace Note
Distinction between architecture in towns, and in the country •
None so 'likely to produce a reform on that point as architect-
Alsoofrocks Note
And in real scenes—Turkey—Holland
Bareness and monotony the diseases of modern improvement-•
Massivenessin buildings-• •
Grandeur of marked divisions, as towers -' ''
Surrimits of buildings- - ; •
Appearance of buildings in the general view of a city ibid
Summits of buildings in pictures, &c their various characters- •
Temple of the Sybil: the qualities of beauty according to
Symmetry—Grecian and Gothic architecture Note
Claude and Caspar
The picturesque, in buildings •
Of castles—of old mansion-houses -»
On bridges' •* '•»
Lightness and Massiveness—Quotation from Milton
Stone and wood
Drawing of Tintoret Note--
Twisted columns in one of the cartoons
Bolognese school of painting
Landscapes—Roman and Florentine schools «
Landscapes of Bolognese school • • •
Argument drawn from them for varying the summits ibid
Ostade 32ft
Wovermans • • • • •
On slanting roofs •
Goldsmith—sham villages in China Note
Quotation from Milton Note * 3fil
Grecian and Gothic Bridges •'•;•«
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