| William Mason - 1778 - 168 páginas
...GROSS HANDY-WORKS. AND A MAN SHALL EVER SEE, THAT WHEN AGES GROW TO CIVILITY AND ELEGANCY, MEN COM! TO BUILD STATELY, SOONER THAN TO GARDEN FINELY : AS IF GARDENING WERE THE GREATER PERFECTION. VERULA M. LONDON PRINTED: And Sold by J. DODSLEY, in Pali-Mall; T. CADELL, in the Strand-,... | |
| William Mason - 1783 - 272 páginas
...GREATEST REFRESHMENT TO THE SPIRITS Of MAN, WITHOUT WHICH BUILDING] AND PALACES ARE BUT GROSS HANDY-WORKS. AND A MAN SHALL EVER SEE, THAT WHEN AGES GROW TO CIVILITY...COME TO BUILD STATELY, SOONER THAN TO GARDEN FINELY I AS IT GARDENING WERE THE GBEATER PERFECTION. VERULA M. YORK, PRINTED BY A. WARD: And fold by J. DODSLEY,... | |
| William Mason - 1783 - 268 páginas
...SPIRITS OF MAN, WITHOUT WHICH BUILDINGS AND PALACES ARE BUT GROSS HANDY-WORKS. AND A MAN SHALL EVER 4EE> THAT WHEN AGES GROW TO CIVILITY AND ELEGANCE, MEN COME TO BUILD STATELY, SOONER THA?J TO GARDEN FINELY! AS IF GARDENING WERI THX GREATER PERFECTION. VER UL AM. YORK, PRINTED BY A.... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - 1804 - 388 páginas
...fr6m nature as Chinefe reprefentations are 'from Italian or Englifh landfcapes. Lord Bacon fays, * that when ages grow to civility and elegance, men come to build flately, fooner than to garden finely, as if gardening were the greater perfection ; * * O 2 alluding... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 páginas
...civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore, highly to the credit of Addition, that at a time when the style of... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 páginas
...civilization ; " a man shall ever see," he remarks, " that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection *." It is, therefore, highly to the credit of Addison, that at a time when the style of... | |
| 1805 - 570 páginas
...has been cultivated with the greatest success-: ' For when ages advance in civility and politeness, men come to build stately sooner than to garden finely :' as if gardening was the greater perfection. In laying out grounds they so excel, that lord Macartney gives them the... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 748 páginas
...palaces are but grim bandy-works. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. Veruiam. BOOK THE FIRST. To thee, divine Simplicity ! to thee, 'Best arbitress of what... | |
| William Mason - 1811 - 530 páginas
...palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. V£RUHM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally... | |
| William Mason - 1811 - 524 páginas
...palaces are but gross handiworks. And a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely : as if gardening were the greater perfection. VERULAM. PREFACE. As the Four Books, which compose the following Poem, were published originally... | |
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