The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., 第 2 部、第 11 巻Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
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... nature of the trees seems , from the account given by Josephus , ( Contra Apion , lib . i . s . 19 ) , to have been one view in these erections . And the success seems to have been answerable , as the trees , says Quintus Curtius , lib ...
... nature of the trees seems , from the account given by Josephus , ( Contra Apion , lib . i . s . 19 ) , to have been one view in these erections . And the success seems to have been answerable , as the trees , says Quintus Curtius , lib ...
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... nature . In the paintings found at Herculaneum are a few traces of gardens . They are small square enclosures , formed by trellis - work and espaliers , and regularly ornamented with vases , fountains , and careatides , elegantly ...
... nature . In the paintings found at Herculaneum are a few traces of gardens . They are small square enclosures , formed by trellis - work and espaliers , and regularly ornamented with vases , fountains , and careatides , elegantly ...
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... nature . The tricks of water - works 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 ...
... nature . The tricks of water - works 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 ...
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... nature in the gardens or grounds of the Chinese . The former as European gardens are formally uniform and is certainly true : they are whimsically irregular , much avoided as in the squares and oblongs unvaried : but , with regard to nature ...
... nature in the gardens or grounds of the Chinese . The former as European gardens are formally uniform and is certainly true : they are whimsically irregular , much avoided as in the squares and oblongs unvaried : but , with regard to nature ...
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... nature was taken into the plan , under improvements , every step that was made pointed out new beauties , and inspired new ideas . At that moment ap- peared Kent ; painter enough to taste the charms of landscape , bold and opinionative ...
... nature was taken into the plan , under improvements , every step that was made pointed out new beauties , and inspired new ideas . At that moment ap- peared Kent ; painter enough to taste the charms of landscape , bold and opinionative ...
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389 ページ - But rather to tell how, if art could tell, How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
583 ページ - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
664 ページ - Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
479 ページ - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
439 ページ - He has visited all Europe, — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples ; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art ; not to collect medals, or...
439 ページ - Europe — not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces or the stateliness of temples, not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art, not to collect medals or collate manuscripts — but to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the...
444 ページ - And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire, Sublimed with mineral fury, aid the winds, And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet.
438 ページ - An Account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe ; with various Papers relative to the Plague ! together with further observations on some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, and additional Remarks on the present state of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
746 ページ - All scatter'd in the bottom of the sea. Some lay in dead men's skulls ; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 'twere in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems, That woo'd the slimy bottom of the deep, And mock'd the dead bones that lay scatter'd by.
588 ページ - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.