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and morning breeze wafted clouds of fra- 

 grance into the apartments. The lawns, 

 shrubberies, bouquets, thickets, arcades, 

 and avenues were, in most cases, laid out 

 in a picturesque though artificial manner, 

 the principal object appearing to have 

 been to combine use with magnificence, 

 and to enjoy all the blended hues and 

 odors which the plants and trees accli- 

 mated in Hellas could afford. Protection 

 in summer from the sun's rays is, in those 

 southern latitudes, an almost necessary 

 ingredient of pleasure, and therefore 

 numerous trees rose here and there in the 

 ground in some places singly, elsewhere 

 in clumps, uniting their branches above, 

 and affording a cool and dense shade. 

 Beneath these umbrageous arches, the 

 air was further refrigerated by splashing 



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fountains, whose waters, through numer- 

 ous fair channels, straight or winding, as 

 the use of them demanded, spread them- 

 selves over the whole garden, refreshing 

 the eye and keeping up a perpetual ver- 

 dure. Copses of myrtles, of roses, of 

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