The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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Page 84
... garden - gate ; 30 Reverse your ornaments , and hang them all On some patch'd dog - hole eked with ends of wall ; Then ... gardens in France . [ Le Nôtre is said to have been engaged by Charles II . to aid in laying out and improving St ...
... garden - gate ; 30 Reverse your ornaments , and hang them all On some patch'd dog - hole eked with ends of wall ; Then ... gardens in France . [ Le Nôtre is said to have been engaged by Charles II . to aid in laying out and improving St ...
Page 85
... gardens attached to the French palaces were placed under Le Nôtre , by Louis XIV . , who invested him with the honours of nobility . He died at Paris , in 1700. Inigo Jones - of whose architectural genius it would be idle to speak so ...
... gardens attached to the French palaces were placed under Le Nôtre , by Louis XIV . , who invested him with the honours of nobility . He died at Paris , in 1700. Inigo Jones - of whose architectural genius it would be idle to speak so ...
Page 86
... gardens of the Lord Viscount Cobham , in Buckingham- shire . 9 This was done in Hertfordshire by a wealthy citizen , at the expense of above £ 5000 , by which means , ( merely to overlook a dead plain , ) he let in the north wind upon ...
... gardens of the Lord Viscount Cobham , in Buckingham- shire . 9 This was done in Hertfordshire by a wealthy citizen , at the expense of above £ 5000 , by which means , ( merely to overlook a dead plain , ) he let in the north wind upon ...
Page 87
... gardens next your admiration call , On every side you look , behold the wall ! No pleasing intricacies intervene , 110 115 No artful wildness to perplex the scene : Grove nods at grove , each alley has a brother , And half the platform ...
... gardens next your admiration call , On every side you look , behold the wall ! No pleasing intricacies intervene , 110 115 No artful wildness to perplex the scene : Grove nods at grove , each alley has a brother , And half the platform ...
Page 88
... garden , or of one part with another , ill - judged , and inconvenient . 17 The false taste in books ; a satire on the vanity of collecting them , more frequent in men of fortune than the study to understand them . Many delight chiefly ...
... garden , or of one part with another , ill - judged , and inconvenient . 17 The false taste in books ; a satire on the vanity of collecting them , more frequent in men of fortune than the study to understand them . Many delight chiefly ...
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