Hortense

with green lawns and a thick growth of forest trees, through which there were enchanting views of the mountain and of the lake. The spacious grounds were embellished with the highest artistic skill, with terraces, trellis-work woodbines, and rare exotics.

\"The views,\" writes an English visitor, \"which were in some places afforded through the woods, and in others, by their rapid descent, carried over them, were broken


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with green lawns and a thick growth of forest trees, through which there were enchanting views of the mountain and of the lake. The spacious grounds were embellished with the highest artistic skill, with terraces, trellis-work woodbines, and rare exotics.

\"The views,\" writes an English visitor, \"which were in some places afforded through the woods, and in others, by their rapid descent, carried over them, were broken


589 of 926