 There is not a citizen who does not take more pains to torture his acre and half into irregularities than he formerly would have employed to make it as formal as his cravat.  The World, by Adam Fitz-Adam - 35 ページ1776全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Edward Moore - 1772 - 364 ページ
...love of nature prevails. Clipt hedges, avenues, regular, platforms, (trait canals have been for fame .time very properly exploded. There is not a citizen...irregularities, than he formerly would have employed to make if as formal as his cravat. KenT^lhe friend of nature, was the Calvin of this reformation ; but like... | |
 | 1786 - 636 ページ
...of nature prevails. Clipped hedges, avenues, regular platforms, fhaight canals, have been for lome time very properly exploded. There is not a citizen who does not tike more pains to torture h:s acre and half into irregularities, than he formerly would have employed... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 360 ページ
...love of nature prevails. Clipt hedges, avenues, regular platforms, strait canals have been for some time very properly exploded. There is not a citizen who does not take jnore pains to torture his acre and half into irregularities, than he formerly would have employed... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 374 ページ
...love of nature prevails. Clipt hedges, avenues, regular platforms, strait canals have been for some time very properly exploded. There is not a citizen...does not take more pains to torture his acre and half iuto irregularities, than he formerly would have employed to uiake it as formal as his cravutt Kent,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 506 ページ
...extensive grounds were Copied in mi. niature ; and Walpole informs us, in a paper of the World, that " there is not a citizen Who does not take more pains...have employed to make it as formal as his cravat." This extreme has been gradually refined away, and the truly natural style is at pre. sent adopted with... | |
 | Dorothy Margaret Stuart - 1927 - 252 ページ
...moulting the rest of their cloaths." Gardens and dinner- tables alike reflect the fashionable whim ; ' ' there is not a citizen who does not take more pains...irregularities than he formerly would have employed to make it regular as his cravat", while at dessert one sees "cottages and temples arise in barley-sugar" —... | |
 | Dorothy Margaret Stuart - 1927 - 252 ページ
...moulting the rest of their cloaths." Gardens and dinner-tables alike reflect the fashionable whim ; "there is not a citizen who does not take more pains...irregularities than he formerly would have employed to make it regular as his cravat", while at dessert one sees "cottages and temples arise in barley-sugar" —... | |
 | Robert Fishman - 2008 - 274 ページ
...Walpole could complain, "There is not a citizen who doesn't take more pains to torture his acre and a half into irregularities than he formerly would have employed to make it as regular as his cravat."25 Once again, the middle class were appropriating the style innovations of... | |
 | Michael Pollan - 2007 - 278 ページ
...movement make this plain: "There is not a citizen who doesn't take more pains to torture his acre and a half into irregularities than he formerly would have employed to make it as regular as his cravat." To achieve their natural effects, the picturesque designers employed plenty... | |
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