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 Seiten |
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... tion : Lucis habitamus opacis Riparumque toras , et prata recentia rivis Incolimus , That is , -Unfettled we remove , As pleasure calls from verdant grove to grove , Stretch'd on the flow'ry meads , at eafe we lie , And hear the filver ...
... tion : Lucis habitamus opacis Riparumque toras , et prata recentia rivis Incolimus , That is , -Unfettled we remove , As pleasure calls from verdant grove to grove , Stretch'd on the flow'ry meads , at eafe we lie , And hear the filver ...
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... , I fee nothing but the most evident affecta- tion of it , and I immediately conclude , the defigner , merely for the fake of the whim , did it at the expence of his better judgment , The The oppofite fide of the dell is left in its ( 20 )
... , I fee nothing but the most evident affecta- tion of it , and I immediately conclude , the defigner , merely for the fake of the whim , did it at the expence of his better judgment , The The oppofite fide of the dell is left in its ( 20 )
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... tion , Pan primus calamos cera conjungere plures Edocuit ; Pan curat oves , oviumque majeftros . That is , ' Twas mighty Pan , To join with wax the various reeds began ; Pan , the great god of all our fubject plains , Protects and loves ...
... tion , Pan primus calamos cera conjungere plures Edocuit ; Pan curat oves , oviumque majeftros . That is , ' Twas mighty Pan , To join with wax the various reeds began ; Pan , the great god of all our fubject plains , Protects and loves ...
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... tumbles down another abrupt fall , and lofes itself in the pool which appears under the arch of a bridge of the moft fimple conftruc- tion ; immediately oppofite appears a grotefque dropping fountain ftarting tion ; ( 53 )
... tumbles down another abrupt fall , and lofes itself in the pool which appears under the arch of a bridge of the moft fimple conftruc- tion ; immediately oppofite appears a grotefque dropping fountain ftarting tion ; ( 53 )
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... tion ; immediately oppofite appears a grotefque dropping fountain ftarting from the mofs grown crevices of a rude heap of cinders and ftones . Down the steep floping banks , and along the margin of the rill , are dropped ftately foreft ...
... tion ; immediately oppofite appears a grotefque dropping fountain ftarting from the mofs grown crevices of a rude heap of cinders and ftones . Down the steep floping banks , and along the margin of the rill , are dropped ftately foreft ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 12 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 93 - ... quid minuat curas, quid te tibi reddat amicum ; quid pure tranquillet, honos, an dulce lucellum, an secretum iter et fallentis semita vitae.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 57 - Vails you, in their place, To graft the love of human race. And tread with awe...
Seite 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...