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" The tricks of waterworks to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator, and parterres embroidered in patterns like a petticoat, were but the childish endeavours of fashion and novelty to reconcile greatness to what it had surfeited on. To crown... "
includes "On modern gardening" - Página 789
1849
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On Planting and Rural Ornament: A Practical Treatise, Volumen 1

Mr. Marshall (William) - 1803 - 460 páginas
...every im* provement that was made, was but a step farther ' from nature. The tricks of water-works to wet ' the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator,...crown these impotent displays ' of false taste, the sheers were applied to the * lovely wildness of form with which Nature has * distinguished each various...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volumen 5

1808 - 408 páginas
...and every improvement that was made, was but a step farther from nature. The tricks of water-works to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator...greatness to what it had surfeited on. To crown these important displays uf false taste, the sheers were applied to the lovely wildness of form with which...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volumen 9

1823 - 872 páginas
...and every improvement that was made, was hut a step farther from nature» The tricks of waterworks to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator...surfeited on. To crown these impotent displays of fal«e taste, the sheers were applied to the lovely wildness of form with which nature has distinguished...
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Anecdotes of Painting in England: With Some Account of the ..., Volumen 4

Horace Walpole - 1827 - 400 páginas
...out, to endeavour to recover it by raising large mounts of earth to peep over the walls of the garden. to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator,...crown these impotent displays of false taste, the sheers were applied to the lovely wildness of form with which nature has distinguished each various...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volumen 11

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 páginas
...solitudes; and every improvement that was made was but a step farther from nature. The tricks of water-works to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator;...fashion and novelty to reconcile greatness to what it surfeited on. To crown these impotent displays of false taste, the shears were applied to the lovely...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ..., Parte 2,Volumen 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 páginas
...petticoat, were but the childish endeavours of fashion and novelty to reconcile greatness to what it surfeited on. To crown these impotent displays of...nature has distinguished each various species of tree and shrub. The venerable oak, the romantic beech, the useful elm, even the aspiring circuit of the...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and ..., Volumen 4

Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 400 páginas
...solitudes ; and every improvement that was made was but a step further from nature. The trick of waterworks to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator,...crown these impotent displays of false taste, the sheers were applied to the lovely wildness of form with which nature has distinguished each various...
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The stranger's guide to Hampton-court palace and gardens

John Grundy (of Hampton Court.) - 1844 - 74 páginas
...became not only the fashion in England, but all over the continent. For many years, in these Gardens, the shears were applied to the lovely wildness of...Nature has distinguished each various species of tree and shrub. The compass and square were of more use in plantations than the nurseryman, and the hollies...
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Anecdotes of painting in England, with some account of the ..., Volumen 3

Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849 - 466 páginas
...and every improvement that was made, was but a step farther from nature. The tricks of water- works2 to wet the unwary, not to refresh the panting spectator,...false taste, the shears were applied to the lovely wüdness of form with which nature has distinguished each various species of tree 1 It was not uncommon,...
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The Stranger's Guide to Hampton Court Palace and Gardens

John Grundy - 1853 - 110 páginas
...became not only the fashion in England, but all over the Continent. For many years, in these Gardens, the shears were applied to the lovely wildness of...Nature has distinguished each various species of tree and shrub. The compass and square were of more use in plantations than the nurseryman, and the hollies...
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