 Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen; to leave intervals where the eye will be pleased,...  The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 118edited by - 1782Full view - About this book
 | Richard Graves, William Seward - Letters - 1788 - 218 pages
...ambitious of rural ele.". gance." And when the learned Doctor adds, that " to plant a walk in undulating <f curves, and to place a bench at " every turn, where there is any ob." jedl to catch the eye," and the like, '/' demands no great powers of mind," tmd that ** fuch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 714 pages
...travellers, and copied by designers'. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place 4 bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the vie-.r; :o make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen; to leave intervals... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...than that at which a, prescribed law compels him to toil. Idler, vol. 2, p. 85. f RURAL IMPROVEMENTS. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, •and...the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen; to leave' intervals where the eye will be pleased', nnd to thicken... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...place to be visited byt travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in uncUiIating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to ir.ake water rurt where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 554 pages
...and the admiration' of the skilful ; a place to be visited by travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and...the view ; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where the eye will be pleased, and to thicken... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 404 pages
...great, and the admiration of the skilful ; a place to be visited by travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and...the view ; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where the eye will be pleased, and to, thicken... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...great, and the admiration of the skilful; a place to he visited hy travellers, and copied hy designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a hench at every turn where there is an ohject to catch the view ; to make water run where it will he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 366 pages
...by travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to-place a bench at every turn where there is an object to...the view ; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where the eye will be pleased, and to thicken... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1819 - 364 pages
...the skilful ; a place to be visited by travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk i in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every...view-; to make • water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where ' it will be seen ; to leave intervals where the eye will : be pleased, and to... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 386 pages
...forbear some merriment, when he solemnly institutes the following question : ' whether,' says he, ' to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place...where there is an object to catch the view ; to make the water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where... | |
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