| Sir Uvedale Price - 1810 - عدد الصفحات: 444
...in general ; " I don't know what you call them/' said he, « •' I mean one of .those long noises." An object of a sober tint unexpectedly gilded by the...whitened object, like the eternal grin of a fool*. I wish, however, to be understood, that when I speak of white-wash and whitened buildings, I mean that... | |
| 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 714
...retired into obscurity; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. — An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by the sun, is like a serious countenance lighted up by a smile ; » whitened object, like the eternal grin of a fool. I wish however to be understood,... | |
| 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 696
...retired into obscurity; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by...whitened object like the eternal grin of a fool." The views of the sea, and of the scenery all along the coast, are varied and beautiful; though the houses... | |
| Andrew Jackson Downing - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 268
...retired into obscurity ; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by...whitened object like the eternal grin of a fool." There may be a little sarcasm in the tone of these * To render the effect still worse, our modem builders... | |
| Mrs. Evelyn Cecil - 1896 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...trees of dark foliage, and some touch of bright colour was introduced to give effect to the landscape. "An object of a sober tint unexpectedly gilded by...smile, a whitened object, like the eternal grin of a fool,"t wrote one authority on the subject. Such were the high-flown ideas which inspired these designers,... | |
| Garden Club of America - 1928 - عدد الصفحات: 1100
...in sun or in shade. I came across this apt paragraph in an old gardening book "An object of somber tint unexpectedly gilded by the sun is like a serious countenance suddenly lighted up by a smile, but a conspicuous whitened object is like the eternal grin of a fool!" To be sure there arc many places... | |
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