 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
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 474 pages
...perfectest Figure of a Garden I ever saw, either at Home or Abroad, was that of Moor-Parh, 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;... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 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 honor, if there want sense in proportion... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 454 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,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 512 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 :... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 504 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 Temple - Gardening - 1908 - 372 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;... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English literature - 1912 - 788 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 literature - 1917 - 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 :... | |
 | English literature - 1782 - 774 pages
...of Moor-park in Hertfordfhire, when 1 knew it about thirty years ago. It was made by the Cotintefs of Bedford, efteemed among the greateft wits of her 'time, and celebrated by Dr Donne; and with very great care, excellent contrivance, and much coft ; but greater fums may be... | |
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