A Description of Hagley, Envil and the Leasowes: Wherein All the Latin Inscriptions are Translated, and Every Particular Beauty Described. Interspersed with Critical Observations ... |
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... throws around tints the dashing current with a peculiar brightness . It is impoffible to defcribe this lovely fcene as it deferves ; every spectator is ravished with its inimi- table graces , and leaves it with regret . The ftranger ...
... throws around tints the dashing current with a peculiar brightness . It is impoffible to defcribe this lovely fcene as it deferves ; every spectator is ravished with its inimi- table graces , and leaves it with regret . The ftranger ...
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... throw fuch a chearfulness on the whole , that the eye is never tired in gazing on their charms . Defcending ftill through a hatch , and paffing a common high road , the path bends under a hedge of tall alders to ano- ther feat ...
... throw fuch a chearfulness on the whole , that the eye is never tired in gazing on their charms . Defcending ftill through a hatch , and paffing a common high road , the path bends under a hedge of tall alders to ano- ther feat ...
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... throw the most enlivening contraft to the deep fhade that reigns within the bofom of this lovely recefs . The path from hence feals to another delicious feat , backed by a large rugged root of a tree , and has thefe lines : O let me ...
... throw the most enlivening contraft to the deep fhade that reigns within the bofom of this lovely recefs . The path from hence feals to another delicious feat , backed by a large rugged root of a tree , and has thefe lines : O let me ...
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... throw it into thofe extragenious plants or trees , which ( tho ' not here ) are a real or nament to a garden : -it would entirely ruin the intention , fpoil the whole of its fimplicity , and caft a gloomy fhade , o'er all its beauties ...
... throw it into thofe extragenious plants or trees , which ( tho ' not here ) are a real or nament to a garden : -it would entirely ruin the intention , fpoil the whole of its fimplicity , and caft a gloomy fhade , o'er all its beauties ...
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... to flourish in places where the fun can scarce ever throw its beams , mofs is the only carpet , and is always lively in the moit gloomy receffes . The The path from hence fteals into the bo- fom of ( 88 ) The Alcove 16 The Grotto 18.
... to flourish in places where the fun can scarce ever throw its beams , mofs is the only carpet , and is always lively in the moit gloomy receffes . The The path from hence fteals into the bo- fom of ( 88 ) The Alcove 16 The Grotto 18.
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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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Page 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.
Page 12 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 93 - ... quid minuat curas, quid te tibi reddat amicum ; quid pure tranquillet, honos, an dulce lucellum, an secretum iter et fallentis semita vitae.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 57 - Vails you, in their place, To graft the love of human race. And tread with awe...
Page 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...