The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Część 2,Tom 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Strona 387
... formed on terraces , Mr. Walpole con- cludes , they were , what sumptuous gardens have been in all ages till the present , unnatural , en- riched by art , possibly with fountains , statues , balustrades , and summer - houses , and were ...
... formed on terraces , Mr. Walpole con- cludes , they were , what sumptuous gardens have been in all ages till the present , unnatural , en- riched by art , possibly with fountains , statues , balustrades , and summer - houses , and were ...
Strona 388
... formed by trellis - work and espaliers , and regularly ornamented with vases , fountains , and careatides , elegantly symmetrical , and pro- per for the narrow spaces allotted to the garden of a house in a capital city . From these ...
... formed by trellis - work and espaliers , and regularly ornamented with vases , fountains , and careatides , elegantly symmetrical , and pro- per for the narrow spaces allotted to the garden of a house in a capital city . From these ...
Strona 393
... formed into mazes or labyrinths , or any thing which in a great design might appear trifling . In a word , the several parts of a garden should be diversified ; but , in places where the eye takes in the whole at once , the two sides ...
... formed into mazes or labyrinths , or any thing which in a great design might appear trifling . In a word , the several parts of a garden should be diversified ; but , in places where the eye takes in the whole at once , the two sides ...
Strona 394
... formed into a little hill before the tree be planted . Scrape off the moss from all fruit trees . Orchards in general are much neglected , by not cutting out the dead wood and branches that cross each other , Pear - trees require ...
... formed into a little hill before the tree be planted . Scrape off the moss from all fruit trees . Orchards in general are much neglected , by not cutting out the dead wood and branches that cross each other , Pear - trees require ...
Strona 398
... formed every year ; if they hang over in the walks tie them up in a knot . Finish planting evergreen trees and shrubs , and sow the seed . Grass walks must be swept , rolled , and mowed ; if any places be bare , lay down some pieces of ...
... formed every year ; if they hang over in the walks tie them up in a knot . Finish planting evergreen trees and shrubs , and sow the seed . Grass walks must be swept , rolled , and mowed ; if any places be bare , lay down some pieces of ...
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Strona 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Strona 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Strona 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Strona 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Strona 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Strona 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Strona 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Strona 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Strona 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Strona 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.