 ... description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this fine passage, which has always been admired for its elegance, receive an additional beauty from its exactness. After we had walked, with a kind of poetical...  Watlington Hill: A Poem - Page 30by Mary Russell Mitford - 1812 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1809 - 688 pages
...partly raised above the groves thai surrmmdea them, the dark plains and meadows of a greyish colour, where the sheep were feeding at large ; in short, the view of the streams and rivers, convinced ua that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it... | |
 | 1809 - 672 pages
...groves thai surrounded them, the dark plains and meadows of a greyish cobur, where tl.e. sheep wrre feeding at large; in short, the view of the streams and rivers, convinced ш tlut ihere was nol a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description, but that it... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...partly raised above the groves 'that surrounded them, the dark plains and meadows of a grayish colour where the sheep were feeding at large — in short,...there was not a single useless or idle word in the above* mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus... | |
 | John Galt - 1824 - 464 pages
...partly raised above the groves that surrounded them; the dark plains and meadows of a greyish colour, where the sheep were feeding at large; in short, the view of the streams and rivers—convinced us that there was not a single useless or idle word in the above-mentioned description,... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...partly raised above the groves which surrounded them ; the dark plains and meadows, of a greyish colour, where the sheep were feeding at large; in short, the...rivers— convinced us that there was not a single useless idea or word in the above mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...partly raised above the groves which surrounded them ; the dark plains and meadows, of a greyish colour, where the sheep were feeding at large; in short, the...rivers— convinced us that there was not a single useless idea or word in the above mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...partly raised above the groves which surrounded them; the dark plains and meadows, of a greyish colour, where the sheep were feeding at large; in short, the view of the streams and rivers—convinced us that there was not a single useless idea or word in the above mentioned description,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1852 - 584 pages
...and partly raised above the groves that surrounded them ; the dark plains and meadows, of a grayish color, where the sheep were feeding at large ; in...there was not a single useless or idle word in the Allegro description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature. Thus will this... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...and partly raised above the groves that surrounded them, the dark plains and meadows, of a grayish color, where the sheep were feeding at large ; in...us that there was not a single useless or idle word m the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and lively representation of nature.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...and partly raised above the groves that surrounded them, the dark plains and meadows, of a grayish color, where the sheep were feeding at large; in short,...that there was not a single useless or -idle word m the above-mentioned description, but that it was a most exact and liveiy representation of nature.... | |
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