The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 11Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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Page 387
... thing he had ever seen . As he has bestowed on the same happy prince a pa- lace with brazen walls , and columns of silver , he certainly intended that the gardens should be proportionably magnificent . ' The hanging gardens of Babylon ...
... thing he had ever seen . As he has bestowed on the same happy prince a pa- lace with brazen walls , and columns of silver , he certainly intended that the gardens should be proportionably magnificent . ' The hanging gardens of Babylon ...
Page 391
... thing but what was crooked . Yet so many men of taste of all ranks devoted themselves to the new improvements , that it is surprising how much beauty has been struck out , with how few absur- dities . Still in some lights the ...
... thing but what was crooked . Yet so many men of taste of all ranks devoted themselves to the new improvements , that it is surprising how much beauty has been struck out , with how few absur- dities . Still in some lights the ...
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... thing to be considered is the prospect of a fine country ; and , though this is not abso- lutely necessary , yet it is one of the most agree- able accompaniments of a garden ; besides , if a garden be planted in a low place that has no ...
... thing to be considered is the prospect of a fine country ; and , though this is not abso- lutely necessary , yet it is one of the most agree- able accompaniments of a garden ; besides , if a garden be planted in a low place that has no ...
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... thing which in a great design might appear trifling . In a word , the several parts of a garden should be diversified ; but , in places where the eye takes in the whole at once , the two sides should be always the same . The general ...
... thing which in a great design might appear trifling . In a word , the several parts of a garden should be diversified ; but , in places where the eye takes in the whole at once , the two sides should be always the same . The general ...
Page 394
... thing may be done in its earliest season . The last week is pur- ticularly important ; some full crops should then be sown , and many other things be done which are frequently neglected . Kitchen garden - Asparagus should have the mats ...
... thing may be done in its earliest season . The last week is pur- ticularly important ; some full crops should then be sown , and many other things be done which are frequently neglected . Kitchen garden - Asparagus should have the mats ...
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Page 389 - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 583 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 664 - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 479 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 439 - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
Page 439 - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
Page 444 - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
Page 438 - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
Page 746 - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
Page 588 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.