 | Walter Swain Hinchman, Francis Barton Gummere - 1908 - 606 Seiten
...when it is tossed up in such a variety of figures at Versailles." And in the Spectator, No. 444 : " I do not know whether I am singular in my Opinion, but for my part I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than... | |
 | Myra Reynolds - 1909 - 452 Seiten
...fed with an infinite variety of Images, without any certain Stint or Number Our British Gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring Nature, love...much as possible. Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, 1 Mr. Barrington in "On the Progress of Gardening," 1782 ("Archaeologia," Vol. V) says that Lord Bathurst,... | |
 | Julian Willis Abernethy - 1916 - 604 Seiten
...with trees trimmed into globes and pyramids, as if the object were to force nature to be unnatural. "We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and bush," says Addison. We now smile at reformers who thought it more important to be "correct" than to be sincere... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 322 Seiten
...which we meet with in those of our own country.' ' And he further observes: 'Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love...cones, globes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but for my own... | |
 | C. E. de Haas - 1928 - 334 Seiten
...which we meet with in those of our own country.' * And he further observes: 'Our British gardeners, on the contrary, instead of humouring nature, love...cones, globes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but for my own... | |
 | 1924 - 970 Seiten
...trivialities of eighteenth century gardening as the Spectator denounces (No. 414) ? — 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. . . . For my own part, I would rather look upon a Tree in all its... | |
 | John Dixon Hunt, Peter Willis - 1988 - 420 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, 142 Globes, and Pyramids. We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush. I do not know... | |
 | H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson - 2005 - 978 Seiten
...artificial Rudeness' found in France and Italy. 'Our British Gardeners, on the contrary', writes Addison, instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from...possible. Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids'. Disdaining the 'Neatness and Elegancy' of classical English gardens, he insists: 'I would rather look... | |
 | Sue Elworthy, Jane Holder - 1997 - 532 Seiten
...better calculated to display man's power over nature. 'Our British gardeners', wrote Addison in 1712, '...instead of humouring Nature, love to deviate from...marks of the scissors upon every plant and bush.' Interestingly enough, the seventeenth century sometimes thought of the Garden of Eden in exactly these... | |
 | Judith K. Major - 1997 - 268 Seiten
...effectively, for Downing failed to quote Addison's comments about plantations "laid out by the Rule and Line": "Our Trees rise in Cones, Globes, and Pyramids. We see the Marks of the Scissars upon every Plant and Bush. ... I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion... | |
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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... 
