 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 488 страници
...house ; the whole vast edifice is so disjointed, and the several parts of it so detached one from the other, and yet so joining again, one cannot tell how, that, in one of my poetical fits, I imagined it had been a village in Amphion's time, where the cottages having... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 392 страници
...it. I shall, therefore, describe it to you at large as the picture of a genuine ancient country seat. You must expect nothing regular in my description...other, and yet so joining again, one cannot tell how, that:in a poetical fit you would imagine it had been a village in Amphion's time, when twenty cottages... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 384 страници
...it. I shall, therefore, describe it to you at large as the picture of a genuine ancient country seat. You must expect nothing regular in my description...house that seems to be built before rules were in fash1on: the whole is so disjointed, and the parts so detached from each other, and yet so joining... | |
 | William Howitt - 1856 - 596 страници
...genuine ancient country seat. " You must expect nothing tegular in my description of a house which seems to be built before rules were in fashion. The whole is so disjointed, and the parts are so detached from each other, and yet so joining again, one can not tell how, that in a poetical... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - 1857 - 578 страници
...it. I shall, therefore, describe it to you at large as the picture of a genuine ancient country seat. "You must expect nothing regular in my description...would imagine it had been a village in Amphion's time, when twenty cottages had taken a dance together, were all out, and stood still hi amazement ever since.... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 страници
...shall therefore describe it to you at large, as the true picture of a genuine ancient country seat. You must expect nothing regular in my description...detached from each other, and yet so joining again one can't tell how, that (in a poetical fit) you'd imagine it had been a village in Amphion's time, where... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 страници
...shall therefore describe it to you at large, as the true picture of a genuine ancient country seat. You must expect nothing regular in my description...detached from each other, and yet so joining again one can't tell how, that (in a poetical fit) you'd imagine , it had been a village in Amphion's time, where... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 страници
...works. DESCRIPTION OF AN ANCIENT ENGLISH COUNTKY-SEAT.1 From A Letter to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. You must expect nothing regular in my description...fit — you would imagine it had been a village in Amphion's2 tune, where twenty cottages had taken a dance together, were all out, and stood still in... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 страници
...shall therefore describe it to you at large, as the true picture of a genuine ancient country seat. You must expect nothing regular in my description...disjointed, and the parts so detached from each other, and be distinguished from " studious walks," that the mind is baulked, as it were, of an expected pleasure... | |
 | William Howitt - 1877 - 732 страници
...must expect nothing regular in my description of a house which seems to be built before rules were iu fashion. The whole is so disjointed, and the parts...one cannot tell how, that, in a poetical fit, you could imagine it had been a village in Amphion's time, when twenty cottages had taken a dance together,... | |
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I did not value you more than any, nay every body else there ; and you'll be convinced how little the town has engaged my affections in your absence from it, when you know what a place this is which I prefer to it ; I shall therefore describe it to you... 
