The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, GentC.S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich Street, 1820 |
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الصفحة 125
... taste , and gleaming with refreshing verdure . Those who see the Englishman only in town , are apt to form an unfavourable opinion of his social character . He is either absorbed in business , or distracted by the thousand en- gagements ...
... taste , and gleaming with refreshing verdure . Those who see the Englishman only in town , are apt to form an unfavourable opinion of his social character . He is either absorbed in business , or distracted by the thousand en- gagements ...
الصفحة 127
... taste of the English in the cultivation of land , and in what is termed landscape gar- dening , is unrivalled . They have studied na- ture intently , and discover an exquisite sense of her beautiful forms and harmonious combina- tions ...
... taste of the English in the cultivation of land , and in what is termed landscape gar- dening , is unrivalled . They have studied na- ture intently , and discover an exquisite sense of her beautiful forms and harmonious combina- tions ...
الصفحة 128
... of land , in the hands of an Englishman of taste , becomes a little paradise . With a nicely discriminating eye , he seizes at once upon its capabilities , and pictures in his mind the future landscape . The steril spot grows into 128.
... of land , in the hands of an Englishman of taste , becomes a little paradise . With a nicely discriminating eye , he seizes at once upon its capabilities , and pictures in his mind the future landscape . The steril spot grows into 128.
الصفحة 129
... taste and elegance in rural economy that descends to the lowest class . The very la- bourer , with his thatched cottage and narrow slip of ground , attends to their embellishment . The trim hedge , the grass plot before the door , the ...
... taste and elegance in rural economy that descends to the lowest class . The very la- bourer , with his thatched cottage and narrow slip of ground , attends to their embellishment . The trim hedge , the grass plot before the door , the ...
الصفحة 130
... taste , flowing down from high sources , and pervading the lowest levels of the public mind . If ever love , as poets sing , de- lights to visit a cottage , it must be the cottage of an English peasant . The proneness to rural life ...
... taste , flowing down from high sources , and pervading the lowest levels of the public mind . If ever love , as poets sing , de- lights to visit a cottage , it must be the cottage of an English peasant . The proneness to rural life ...
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