 | Hugh Blair - 1811 - 464 Seiten
...distinguishes it from plantations of another kind, " Our British gardeners, on the contrary, in" stead of humouring nature, love to deviate from ** it as...'* globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of " the scissars on every plant and bush. THESE sentences are lively and elegant. They make an agreeable diversity... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1814 - 308 Seiten
...to find a similar correspondence in the words. Grammar, p. 308. Key, p. 136. OCR British gardeners, instead of humouring nature, love to deviate from it as much. as possible. I have observed of late the style of some great ministers, very much to exceed that of any other productions.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 Seiten
...namely, the beauty which distinguishes it from plantations of another kind. * Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love...cones, globes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars on every plant and bush.' These sentences are lively and elegant. They make an agreeable diversity... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 Seiten
...first sight , without discovering what it is that has so agreeable an effect. Our British gardeners , on the contrary , instead of humouring nature, love...from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones , glohes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush. I do not .know whether... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1817 - 516 Seiten
...plantations of another kind. ' Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, lore to deviate from it as much as possible. Our trees rise in cones, ftobes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars on every plant and bush.' These sentences are... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1819 - 550 Seiten
...; namely, the beauty which distinguishes it from plantations of another kind. Our British gardeners on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love...globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors on every plant and bush. These sentences are lively and elegant. They make an agreeable diversity from... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 342 Seiten
...first sight, without discovering what it is that has so agreeable an effect. Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible. o 3 Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 Seiten
...meant; namely, the beauty which distinguishes it from plantations of another kind. Our British gardeners on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love...cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars on every plant and bush. These sentences are lively and elegant. They make an agreeable diversity... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 Seiten
...of imagery, and awakens numberless ideas, that before slept in the imagination. Spectator, JVo. 417. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but for my own part, 1 would rather look upon a tree in all its hi.xnriancy, and diffusion of boughs •fid branches, than... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 706 Seiten
...elegancy, which we meet with in these of our own country." He goes on to say; " Our British gardeners, instead of humouring nature, love to deviate from...cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush." It is probable, indeed, that our first taste in gardening was... | |
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Our British Gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from it as much as possible, Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids, We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush... 
