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• Timothy Dwight
  their court-yards.” Dwight, Timothy, 1799, describing New Lebanon, NY (1821–22: 3:149) “Their church, a plain, but neat building, had a court-yard belonging
  32 KB (4,550 words) - 20:03, September 8, 2021
• Mount Vernon
  leaving an open and full view of the distant woods—the mounds are at 60 yards apart. I mention this because it is the only departure from the origl.” [Fig
  84 KB (11,488 words) - 15:35, August 25, 2021
• Bower
  “Rosamund’s bower was near where is now a little grove, about two hundred yards from the palace. The well is near where the bower was.” Cutler, Manasseh
  29 KB (3,841 words) - 13:35, March 29, 2021
• View/Vista
  commanding a view of a prettily falling grass plat. . . about 300 by 100 yards in extent an extensive prospect of James River and of all the Country and
  80 KB (11,249 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
• Obelisk
  51—53) “PLAN OF THE ANCIENT CHUNKY-YARD. “The subjoined plan. . . will illustrate the form and character of these yards. [Fig. 7] “A, the great area, surrounded
  54 KB (6,939 words) - 19:38, August 12, 2021
• Orangery
  grove. The house was situated on an eminence, about one hundred and fifty yards from the river. On the right hand was the orangery, consisting of many hundred
  26 KB (3,525 words) - 13:36, September 11, 2020
• Park
  Winter, & age,—& a spacious Conservatory about 200 yards to the West of the Mansion. . . "The Stable Yard, tho contiguous to the house, is perfectly concealed
  87 KB (12,484 words) - 13:27, April 12, 2021
• Orchard (redirect from Hort-yard)
  walled, or so curiously inclosed as Gardens. . . “Orchards, or Hort-yards Ort-yards, are inclosed pieces of Ground planted chiefly with Standards Fruit-Trees
  78 KB (11,286 words) - 15:19, August 13, 2021
• Bartram Botanic Garden and Nursery
  Garden” to its north and “A new flower Garden” (measuring twenty-six by ten yards) to the south. Board fences enclose each of these areas. A stone retaining
  50 KB (7,152 words) - 19:49, September 1, 2021
• Hedge
  Myrtle and sweet orange Trees.” Anonymous, April 17, 1829, “Neglected Grave Yards” (New England Farmer 7: 307) “I wish to call your attention to the subject
  88 KB (12,511 words) - 20:49, March 29, 2021
• Meadow
  which communicate with each other across the road give occasion every 50 yards for a bridge; and between every two bridges are two gates one on each side
  31 KB (4,224 words) - 18:49, August 12, 2021
• Lawn
  landscapes. The scale of lawns ranged from modest to grand. Small dwelling yards contrasted with broad swaths of turf in settings as diverse as landscape
  108 KB (14,954 words) - 15:38, August 13, 2021
• Cascade/Cataract/Waterfall
  abode of contemplation. A rapid stream ripples over the rocks, at a few yards distance, producing the melancholy, but pleasing sounds of a distant waterfall
  35 KB (4,959 words) - 10:16, February 18, 2021
• Wilderness
  or Labyrinths, where the Eye cannot discover more than twenty or thirty Yards in Length; and the more these Walks are turn’d, the greater Pleasure they
  40 KB (5,678 words) - 17:24, August 19, 2021
• Bowling green
  Person Upon the Sabbath day to Drinke or Game In their houses Gardens or Yards Shall for ye first offense forfeict five and Twenty Guildars.” Bowling greens
  31 KB (4,393 words) - 16:19, January 25, 2021
• Pleasure ground/Pleasure garden
  of Edmund Quincy, Boston, MA (quoted in Pearson 1980: 6) “. . . about Ten Yards from the House is a Beautiful Cannal, which is Supplyd by a Brook which is
  58 KB (7,874 words) - 14:42, March 10, 2021
• Wood/Woods
  abode of contemplation. A rapid stream ripples over the rocks, at a few yards distance, producing the melancholy, but pleasing sounds of a distant waterfall
  58 KB (8,455 words) - 15:19, August 13, 2021
• Fall/Falling garden
  there was] a view of a prettily falling grass plat. . . about 300 by 100 yards in extent an extensive prospect of James River and of all the Country and
  17 KB (2,281 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
• Charles Fraser
  appeals to the heart than the proudest monument—to exchange the crowded church-yards of cities, whose associations, beyond the claims of private feeling, are
  25 KB (3,329 words) - 18:47, August 17, 2021
• Pond
  Ponds made in this way may be of any convenient size, from a couple of yards upwards to as many acres. The following [Fig. 137.] is the section of a pond
  60 KB (8,442 words) - 13:41, April 12, 2021

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