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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... hanging grove - his grots , contemplative and retired , will be faluted by the peaceful lake , or the foothing mo- notony of the trickling rill - his cafcades will be romanticly difpofed , bold , confuf- ed , and artless ; his rocks ...
... hanging grove - his grots , contemplative and retired , will be faluted by the peaceful lake , or the foothing mo- notony of the trickling rill - his cafcades will be romanticly difpofed , bold , confuf- ed , and artless ; his rocks ...
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... ry meads , at eafe we lie , And hear the filver rills run bubbling by . PITT . The hanging fides of this umbrageous recefs are differently varied . That on the left left rifes in great beauty ; lofty trees , bushes ( 19 )
... ry meads , at eafe we lie , And hear the filver rills run bubbling by . PITT . The hanging fides of this umbrageous recefs are differently varied . That on the left left rifes in great beauty ; lofty trees , bushes ( 19 )
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... hanging wood on the right , make from hence a noble appearance , and the whole . of the farm is collected in great beauty . Mr. Shenftone with his friends often ufed to dedicate a convivial hour within D this this circle , where the ...
... hanging wood on the right , make from hence a noble appearance , and the whole . of the farm is collected in great beauty . Mr. Shenftone with his friends often ufed to dedicate a convivial hour within D this this circle , where the ...
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... hanging wood are entirely fhut out by a few trees , particu- larly on the left , which run into the lawn : the objects are innumerable , and afford uncommon pleasure . The home prof- pect itself is exceedingly entertaining ; the ...
... hanging wood are entirely fhut out by a few trees , particu- larly on the left , which run into the lawn : the objects are innumerable , and afford uncommon pleasure . The home prof- pect itself is exceedingly entertaining ; the ...
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... hanging boughs , of a majestic beech , with thefe lines : Hoc erat in votis ; modus agri non ita magnus Hortus ubi , et tecto vicinus , jugis aquæ fons Et paulum fylvæ fuper his foret . Dii melius fecere . That is , I often wish'd I had ...
... hanging boughs , of a majestic beech , with thefe lines : Hoc erat in votis ; modus agri non ita magnus Hortus ubi , et tecto vicinus , jugis aquæ fons Et paulum fylvæ fuper his foret . Dii melius fecere . That is , I often wish'd I had ...
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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...