A Description of Hagley, Envil and the Leasowes: Wherein All the Latin Inscriptions are Translated, and Every Particular Beauty Described. Interspersed with Critical Observations ...M. Swinney, 1775 - 142 Seiten |
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... trees wept odorous gums & balm ; Others whofe fruit burnish'd with golden rind Hung amiable , Hefperian fables true , If true , here only ; and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns , or level downs , and flocks Grazing the tender ...
... trees wept odorous gums & balm ; Others whofe fruit burnish'd with golden rind Hung amiable , Hefperian fables true , If true , here only ; and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns , or level downs , and flocks Grazing the tender ...
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... trees and bushes , is an agreeable addition to the rudeness of its correfponding parts . On the back of the firft feat , under the wall of the priory gate , is this infcrip- tion : Lucis habitamus opacis Riparumque toras , et prata ...
... trees and bushes , is an agreeable addition to the rudeness of its correfponding parts . On the back of the firft feat , under the wall of the priory gate , is this infcrip- tion : Lucis habitamus opacis Riparumque toras , et prata ...
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... trees , bushes , and the lively verdure of the turf , adorned with a thousand natural flowers , and the rambling path oblique , within the cool refreshing fhade , is truly pleafing ; fometimes the trunk , or root , of a lofty oak ...
... trees , bushes , and the lively verdure of the turf , adorned with a thousand natural flowers , and the rambling path oblique , within the cool refreshing fhade , is truly pleafing ; fometimes the trunk , or root , of a lofty oak ...
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... trees on its steep banks , are collected in this lively picture . The inscription on the feat here is , AMICITIA ET MERITIS RICARDI GRAVE S. -Ipfæ te Tityre , pinus Ipfi te Fontes , ipfa hæc Arbufta vocabunt . C That That is , To the ...
... trees on its steep banks , are collected in this lively picture . The inscription on the feat here is , AMICITIA ET MERITIS RICARDI GRAVE S. -Ipfæ te Tityre , pinus Ipfi te Fontes , ipfa hæc Arbufta vocabunt . C That That is , To the ...
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... trees , has a very agreeable effect , and on the opposite fide , an urn in a lone spot adds to its native gloom and folemnity ; this contemplative fcene is intirely con- fined by steep declivities on either fide ; lofty trees are thinly ...
... trees , has a very agreeable effect , and on the opposite fide , an urn in a lone spot adds to its native gloom and folemnity ; this contemplative fcene is intirely con- fined by steep declivities on either fide ; lofty trees are thinly ...
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adorned agreeable alcove amufing appears banks beauty bench bold brow building cafcade charms chearful Chimney Clent hills clofe cloſe daugh declivity defigner delightful diftant door elegant embofomed Envil falls fame Faunus fcene feat feen fequeftered fhade fhady fhews fhrubbery fide fimple fimplicity fineſt fir Charles fir Thomas firſt fituation fmall folitary fome foon fpectator fpreading ftands fteep ftill ftones ftream ftriking fuch furrounded fweeping fwell garden genius gently gloom Gothic grace ground grove Hagley Hales Owen hanging wood himſelf houfe houſe infcribed infcription itſelf Kinver landſcape lawn Leafowes Lely lofty Lord Lyttelton lovely LOVERS WALK Lyttelton midft moffy moft moſt noble oaks object oppofite park path from hence pleafing pleaſure profpect recefs rich riety rifing rill rural ſcene ſmall ſtately ſteep Stourbridge tafte taſte thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand trees umbrageous vale valley Vandyke walk WARTON Welch mountains whofe WILLIAM SHENSTONE Witchberry Wrekin
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Seite 100 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Seite 12 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool...
Seite 55 - Tho' lovely foft thy murmurs are, " Thy waters lovely cool and fair, ** Flow, gentle ftream, nor let the vain * Thy fmall unfully'd ftores difdain...
Seite 32 - Gentler passions triumph here. ' See ! to sweeten thy repose, The blossom buds, the fountain flows ; Lo ! to crown thy healthful board, All that milk and fruits afford. ' Seek no more — the rest is vain : Pleasure ending soon in pain ; Anguish lightly gilded o'er : Close thy wish and seek no more.
Seite 93 - ... quid minuat curas, quid te tibi reddat amicum ; quid pure tranquillet, honos, an dulce lucellum, an secretum iter et fallentis semita vitae.
Seite 102 - To us invifible, or dimly feen In thefe thy loweft works ; yet thefe declare Thy goodnefs beyond thought, and pow'r divine. Speak ye who beft can tell, ye fons of light...
Seite 1 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
Seite 85 - Tho' meek, magnanimous; tho' witty, wife; Polite, as all her life in courts had been: Yet good, as fhe the world had never feen; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tendernefs combin'd.
Seite 57 - Vails you, in their place, To graft the love of human race. And tread with awe...
Seite 32 - em lurks a thorn : " Fair and flowery is the brake, " Yet it hides the vengeful fnake. " Think not fhe, whofe empty pride " Dares the fleecy garb deride ; " Think not fhe who, light and vain, " Scorns the fheep, can love the fwain. " Artlefs deed and fimple drefs, " Mark the chofen fhepherdefs ; " Thoughts by decency controul'd, " Well conceiv'd, and freely told. c...