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 страници |
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... chearful , but not extensive . Hales Owen steeple , a large house , the adjoining fields , and an agreeable peep of Clent hills over the water , enriched by the trees on its steep banks , are collected in this lively picture . The ...
... chearful , but not extensive . Hales Owen steeple , a large house , the adjoining fields , and an agreeable peep of Clent hills over the water , enriched by the trees on its steep banks , are collected in this lively picture . The ...
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... chearful lawn , gently falling by the foot of the feat and down to the water below . The infcription on the urn is , INGENIO , ET AMICITIE GULIELMI SOMERVILE G. S. POSUIT . Debita fpargens lacrimâ favillam Vatis amici . C 2 That That is ...
... chearful lawn , gently falling by the foot of the feat and down to the water below . The infcription on the urn is , INGENIO , ET AMICITIE GULIELMI SOMERVILE G. S. POSUIT . Debita fpargens lacrimâ favillam Vatis amici . C 2 That That is ...
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... difgrace upon the poffeffor of the land . A little further the scene becomes more chearful , by its extending parts being engagingly blended with the stately fpreading fpreading trees . A bench here is inscribed to Mr. ( 26 )
... difgrace upon the poffeffor of the land . A little further the scene becomes more chearful , by its extending parts being engagingly blended with the stately fpreading fpreading trees . A bench here is inscribed to Mr. ( 26 )
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... chearful ; and the urn , which stands in a fequeftered fo- litary angle , adds to the native gloom . This urn is richly gilt , and placed ' here in remembrance of Mifs Dolman , a near relation of Mr. Shenftone's , whom he had a great ...
... chearful ; and the urn , which stands in a fequeftered fo- litary angle , adds to the native gloom . This urn is richly gilt , and placed ' here in remembrance of Mifs Dolman , a near relation of Mr. Shenftone's , whom he had a great ...
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... chearful haunts of the living ; the sweep- ing lawn round the house , the house it- felf ; and the Grange in the fertile valley , fweetly embofomed by dark lofty pines , are remarkably agreeable ; fome peeps of water , and the rich ...
... chearful haunts of the living ; the sweep- ing lawn round the house , the house it- felf ; and the Grange in the fertile valley , fweetly embofomed by dark lofty pines , are remarkably agreeable ; fome peeps of water , and the rich ...
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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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Страница 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.
Страница 12 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 93 - ... quid minuat curas, quid te tibi reddat amicum ; quid pure tranquillet, honos, an dulce lucellum, an secretum iter et fallentis semita vitae.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 57 - Vails you, in their place, To graft the love of human race. And tread with awe...
Страница 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...