Village Memoirs: In a Series of Letters Between a Clergyman and His Family in the Country, and His Son in TownT. Davies, 1775 - 184 Seiten |
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... day we faw lord Scarfdale's , which is very fine to be fure ; but Mifs Maffem found great fault with the furniture of the house , and Mr. Layout , who was with us , allowed no part - of of the garden ground to be difpofed in taste - [ 56 I.
... day we faw lord Scarfdale's , which is very fine to be fure ; but Mifs Maffem found great fault with the furniture of the house , and Mr. Layout , who was with us , allowed no part - of of the garden ground to be difpofed in taste - [ 56 I.
Seite 57
... garden ground to be difpofed in taste - Mr . Maffem admired nothing but the large pillars ; and captain Glanville thought there was a great deal of idle money thrown away upon the library - 2s for myself , I liked every thing , but ...
... garden ground to be difpofed in taste - Mr . Maffem admired nothing but the large pillars ; and captain Glanville thought there was a great deal of idle money thrown away upon the library - 2s for myself , I liked every thing , but ...
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... Garden- ing , & c . than I am at present able to send you he evidently intended to have faid - more on Architecture ... gardens in Italy will much divert you : indeed I fufpect that the Ita- lian gardens are not much improved fince the ...
... Garden- ing , & c . than I am at present able to send you he evidently intended to have faid - more on Architecture ... gardens in Italy will much divert you : indeed I fufpect that the Ita- lian gardens are not much improved fince the ...
Seite 105
... garden , " yet , as Euftathius obferves , " ornaments was fought for even there , however un- fuccefsfully ... gardens of Ba- bylon , were brought into ufe by Semi- Lord Kaims . Sir William Temple . F 5 ramis we find in terraces one ...
... garden , " yet , as Euftathius obferves , " ornaments was fought for even there , however un- fuccefsfully ... gardens of Ba- bylon , were brought into ufe by Semi- Lord Kaims . Sir William Temple . F 5 ramis we find in terraces one ...
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... gardens into Greece - but Pliny affures us , he was only the firft who had a garden within the city of Athens , whereas before his time they were without the walls , like the Horti Su- burbani of the Romans . In fuch retreats this great ...
... gardens into Greece - but Pliny affures us , he was only the firft who had a garden within the city of Athens , whereas before his time they were without the walls , like the Horti Su- burbani of the Romans . In fuch retreats this great ...
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abfolutely affectionate father affure againſt almoſt amongſt amuſements Arlington's aſk becauſe beft beſt better captain cauſe Cavendish-Square Charles Paulet confidered courſe Dear Charles Dear Dear Dear Father defign diverfions eaſily encreaſe fafe faid fame faſhion fays feems fend fenfe fermon fervants fervilely fhall fhort fifter firft fome foon fquire fubject fuch fuppofe fure garden give Glanville greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe inftance irreligion itſelf juft juftice juſt ladies laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft Lord Marleſton miferies Mifs Maffem Mifs Paulet mind Miſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferves occafion paffed perhaps pleaſure poffible prefent purchaſed purpoſe purſuit reafon Robert Paulet ſay ſcene ſee ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſhow Sir William Temple ſpeak ſtudied Sufan Paulet Sufy tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou town ture tyrant underſtanding uſe vifit wiſh Το
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Seite 120 - 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 89 - If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. But if we confefs our fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us our fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteoufnefs.
Seite 120 - Bossu has well observed, was ambitious of trying his strength with his master Virgil, as Virgil had before tried his with Homer. The Grecian gave the two Romans an example, in the games which were celebrated at the funerals of Patroclus.
Seite 34 - Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head : And this our life, exempt from publick haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in ftones, and good in every thing.
Seite 107 - With purple clusters blushing through the green. Four limpid fountains from the clefts distil, And every fountain pours a several rill, In mazy windings wandering down the hill : Where bloomy meads with vivid greens were crown'd, And glowing violets threw odours round. A scene...
Seite 90 - Tremble, thou earth, at the prefence of the Lord : at the prefence of the God of Jacob ; 8 Who turned the hard rock into a ftanding water: and the flintftone into a fpringing well.
Seite 106 - Appear'd around, and groves of living green; Poplars and alders ever quiv'ring play'd, And nodding cypress form'da fragrant shade; On whose high branches, waving with the storm, The birds of broadest wing their mansion form, The chough, the sea-mew, the loquacious crow, And scream aloft, and skim the deeps below.
Seite 46 - WHILE thefe principles preferved their due vigour and influence, Greece continued a really united body, happy in itfelf, and formidable to its enemies. Many circumftances contributed to form this union;' and many inftitutions were fuggefted, by the fagacity of ftatefmen and legiflators, to fecure and confirm it.
Seite 43 - Sterne will be immortal when Rabelais and Cervantes are forgot — they drew their characters from the particular genius of the times — Sterne confined himself to nature only. Till my uncle Toby appeared I had used to assert, that no character was ever better drawn than that of Sir Roger de Coverly.
Seite 48 - The man who bids fairest for success, as candidate for any office where the public is principally concerned, is not he who has most friends, but he who has fewest enemies—not he whose talents raise an idea of superiority, but he whose mediocrity gives no offence.