A Description of Hagley, Envil and the Leasowes: Wherein All the Latin Inscriptions are Translated, and Every Particular Beauty Described. ...M. Swinney, 1775 - 142 pages |
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... elegance and perpetu- al verdure . The modern taste univerfally adopted in the difpofition of objects , in parks , and pleature grounds , is natural , lively , and picturesque : - The defigner , attentively cauti- ous of falling into ...
... elegance and perpetu- al verdure . The modern taste univerfally adopted in the difpofition of objects , in parks , and pleature grounds , is natural , lively , and picturesque : - The defigner , attentively cauti- ous of falling into ...
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... elegance and beau- ty will grace the whole . To furprize and please , is the very foul of taste ; and whoever is happy enough to accomplish this , has done what the whole art of gar- dening can dictate to him . One . One would imagine ...
... elegance and beau- ty will grace the whole . To furprize and please , is the very foul of taste ; and whoever is happy enough to accomplish this , has done what the whole art of gar- dening can dictate to him . One . One would imagine ...
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... elegant taste , and the fight of two or three masterly productions , hath charmed them into con- viction . Among the many juftly celebrated pla ces in this kingdom , which have merit- ed a description , none perhaps deserve it more than ...
... elegant taste , and the fight of two or three masterly productions , hath charmed them into con- viction . Among the many juftly celebrated pla ces in this kingdom , which have merit- ed a description , none perhaps deserve it more than ...
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... elegant of maidens : Alas ! fnatch'd away in The bloom of beauty . Farewel ! How much lefs pleasure there is in furviving than in remembering thee ! The walk now begins to rife , and meets with a feat , which looks through an open- ing ...
... elegant of maidens : Alas ! fnatch'd away in The bloom of beauty . Farewel ! How much lefs pleasure there is in furviving than in remembering thee ! The walk now begins to rife , and meets with a feat , which looks through an open- ing ...
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... these de- lightful scenes , will never lofe their repu- tation , fo long as no rude hand , attempts to deform them , by introducing a more elegant drefs , as they may call it , than that that plain , fimple one , Mr. Shenftone * left ( 63 )
... these de- lightful scenes , will never lofe their repu- tation , fo long as no rude hand , attempts to deform them , by introducing a more elegant drefs , as they may call it , than that that plain , fimple one , Mr. Shenftone * left ( 63 )
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adorned afcent agreeable alcove appears banks beauty bench bold brow building cafcade charms chearful chimney Clent hills cloſe clump deep defigner delicious delightful door elegant embofomed Envil falls fame fcene feat feen feldom fequeftered feveral fhade fhady fhews fhrubbery fide fimple fimplicity fir Charles firſt fituation fmall folitary fome ftands fteals fteep ftill ftones ftreams ftriking fuch furrounded fweeping fwell genius gloom gothic grace grotefque ground grove Hagley Hales Owen hanging fides hanging woods himſelf houſe infcribed infcription itſelf Kinver landſcape lawn Leafowes lofty lovely LOVERS WALK Lyttelton midſt moffy mofs moft moſt noble oaks obelisk object oppofite park path from hence pleafing pleaſing pleaſure portico profpect recefs rich rifing rill rude rural ſcene ſeen ſhade ſmall ſpectator ſpreading ſteep tafte taſte thefe theſe thofe thoſe thouſand trees umbrageous vale valley Vandyke walk weft Welch mountains whofe WILLIAM SHENSTONE winds Witchberry Wrekin