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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... - lightful fcenes will never lofe their repu- tation , fo long as no rude hand attempts to deform them , by introducing a more . elegant drefs , as they may call it , than that that plain , fimple one , Mr. Shenftone ' left ( ( 63 ) )
... - lightful fcenes will never lofe their repu- tation , fo long as no rude hand attempts to deform them , by introducing a more . elegant drefs , as they may call it , than that that plain , fimple one , Mr. Shenftone ' left ( ( 63 ) )
Seite 85
... rude , folitary hollow , seemingly marked fo by some vio- lent concuffion of nature . The abrupt , fteep , and hanging banks , devoid of ver- dure , large rocky ftones , as if rent from the bowels of the earth , and the naked roots of ...
... rude , folitary hollow , seemingly marked fo by some vio- lent concuffion of nature . The abrupt , fteep , and hanging banks , devoid of ver- dure , large rocky ftones , as if rent from the bowels of the earth , and the naked roots of ...
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... rude , uncul tivated scenes , and as it is impoffible for grafs to flourish in places where the fun can scarce ever throw its beams , mofs is the only carpet , and is always lively in the moit gloomy receffes . The The path from hence ...
... rude , uncul tivated scenes , and as it is impoffible for grafs to flourish in places where the fun can scarce ever throw its beams , mofs is the only carpet , and is always lively in the moit gloomy receffes . The The path from hence ...
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... rude , irregular and gloomy ; the bench in the midft of it looks up the hollow filled with trees , fome old , fome with expofed roots , others dead ; but the most flriking part of this amufing fcene , is the feveral trick- ling rills ...
... rude , irregular and gloomy ; the bench in the midft of it looks up the hollow filled with trees , fome old , fome with expofed roots , others dead ; but the most flriking part of this amufing fcene , is the feveral trick- ling rills ...
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... the woods . The walk from this graceful dome winds in a wild carelefs manner , among ftraggling trees and deep glens , ragged , rude , and steep , into a large body of K 3 lawn , lawn , where a fmall bench under an oak gives ( 109 )
... the woods . The walk from this graceful dome winds in a wild carelefs manner , among ftraggling trees and deep glens , ragged , rude , and steep , into a large body of K 3 lawn , lawn , where a fmall bench under an oak gives ( 109 )
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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...