Art Out-of-doors: Hints on Good Taste in GardeningC. Scribner's Sons, 1925 - Broj stranica: 483 |
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Stranica 326 - ... errands are noble and adequate, a steamboat bridging the Atlantic between Old and New England, and arriving at its ports with the punctuality of a planet, is a step of man into harmony with nature. The boat at St.
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Stranica 112 - ... artist has given due respect and reverence to nature, that is not all that remains for him to do. It is only a right beginning. He has not the artificial features — walks, drives, fences, etc., to blend and harmonize in his landscape. The walks and drives should be as few as convenience will permit ; "they should neither be so straight as to lack beauty, nor so meandering as to lack good sense.
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