When they are large they make in them caves and grottos, with openings, through which you discover distant prospects. They cover them, in different places, with trees, shrubs, briars, and moss; placing on their tops little temples, or other buildings,... The Chinese Traveller: Containing a Geographical, Commercial, and Political ... - Стр. 2241772Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Edmund Burke - 1759 - Страниц: 516
...you difoaver dillaut profpccts. They cover them in different places with trees, fhrubs, briars, jjnd mofs ; placing on their tops little temples, or other...buildings, to which you afcend by rugged and irregular flops cut iri the rock. When there is a fufHcient fupply of water, and proper ground, the Chinefe never... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - Страниц: 572
...discover distant prospects. They cover them in different places, with trees, shrubs, briars, and moss; placing on their tops little temples, or other buildings, to which you ascend by rugged and irregular steps cut in the rock. When there is a sufficient supply of water, and... | |
| 1859 - Страниц: 584
...may view distant prospects. They cover them in different places with trees, shrubs, briers and moss, placing on their tops little temples or other buildings, to which you ascend by rude steps cut in the rock. The Chinese are fond of cascades, and always form them in their... | |
| 1859 - Страниц: 588
...may view distant prospects. They cover them in different places with trees, shrubs, briers and moss, placing on their tops little temples or other buildings, to which you ascend by rude steps cut in the rock. The Chinese are fond of cascades, and always form them in their... | |
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