 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, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated...  Planting and rural ornament [by W.H. Marshall]. - Page 208by William Marshall - 1796 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Bayne - Country homes - 1871 - 156 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne,... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - Gardening - 1887 - 280 pages
...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, r~ esteemed among the greatest Wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne."... | |
 | Walter Howe - Gardening - 1890 - 332 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne ;... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 pages
...knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne :...with very great care, excellent contrivance, and much cost ; but greater sums may be thrown away without effect or honour, if there want sense in proportion... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne :... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne :... | |
 | Herbrand Arthur Russell Duke of Bedford - Administration of estates - 1897 - 272 pages
...which I knew thirty years ago. It was made by the Countess of Bedford, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne :...with very great care, excellent contrivance, and much cost ; but greater sums may be thrown away without effect or honour if there want sense in proportion... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest wits of her time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne,... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 474 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest Wits of her Time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne;... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 488 pages
...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, esteemed among the greatest Wits of her Time, and celebrated by Doctor Donne;... | |
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