 Now was excited his delight in rural pleasures, and his ambition of rural elegance : he began from this time to point his prospects, to diversify his surface, to entangle his walks, and to wind his waters ; which he did with such judgment and such fancy,...  The Age of Pope (1700-1744). - Página 98de John Dennis - 1899 - 260 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...pleasure was now excited, and his ambition of rural elegance : he began from this time, says Johnson, " to point his prospects, to diversify his surface,...be visited by travellers, and copied by designers." Of these employ* nu.'i]is Dr. Johnson has perhaps formed a harsh estimate, yet Shenstone's affectionate... | |
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