A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and Critical: Tracing the Progress of the Art in This Country from the Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and Critical: Tracing the Progress of the Art in This Country From the Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time The author has the ungrateful task Of confessing his knowledge that his work is very far from per feet. Owing to the very numerous authorities he has had to consult, and in the extracts made, errors it is feared may have arisen but there are none thatdiligence could prevent. In confessing such imperfection he follows the example ...
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Excerpt from A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and Critical: Tracing the Progress of the Art in This Country From the Invasion of the Romans to the Present Time The author has the ungrateful task Of confessing his knowledge that his work is very far from per feet. Owing to the very numerous authorities he has had to consult, and in the extracts made, errors it is feared may have arisen but there are none thatdiligence could prevent. In confessing such imperfection he follows the example Of a labourer in the same field with himself, I see daily, says Professor Martyn, Complete Systems, and Complete Dictionaries; but 1 cannot disco ver this perfection in any Of my performances, which after all my labour and pains, most pro vokingly still continue incomplete and erroneous. This confession is no affectation Of humility, the author Of the following pages employed his bestefforts, endeavoured to be correct and perfect, and confesses that in many instances he has failed that at the same time he may express how Open he isto correction; for any such whether in the form Of additions or errata, he always be grateful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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