 Our trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of...  Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 333by Hugh Blair - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Burwick, Jürgen Klein - 1996 - 576 pages
...Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut into a Mathematical Figure; and I cannot but fancy that an Orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than the little Labyrintbs of the most finished Parterre. 30 Hadfield, 106-78 (cf. figure %). 31 Joseph... | |
 | Erwin Panofsky, William Sebastian Heckscher - 1995 - 262 pages
...diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure"; and he "cannot but fancy that an orchard in flower looks...more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre." fig. 1. Garden at Versailles, engraving by Pierre Aveline (ca. 1770). To conceive... | |
 | Judith K. Major - 1997 - 268 pages
...upon every Plant and Bush. ... I would rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a Mathematical Figure." Downing freely appropriated from this passage when he described the modern class of landscape artist:... | |
 | Moshe Barasch - 2000 - 432 pages
...mathematical rules, he says that he "would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure." He, too, distinguishes between nature and art. "If we consider the works of nature and art, as they... | |
 | Laura Stoddart - 2001 - 100 pages
...scissors upon every plant and bush ... I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and...delightful, than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre. loseph Addison (1 672-1 71 9) Pear Apricot Cherry J Apple Plum Peach What can... | |
 | Alexander Tzonis - 2004 - 554 pages
...with in those of our own country. I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and...delightful, than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre. No. 415: Thursday June 26 1712 Greatness, in the works of architecture, may... | |
 | Ana-Stanca Tabarasi - 2007 - 516 pages
...Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is cut and trimmed in to a Mathematical Figure; and cannot but fancy that an Orchard in Flower 252 Es handelt sich um eine Weiterführung der Unterscheidung Lockes zwischen simple und complex ideas.... | |
 | 1844 - 520 pages
...opinion, but for my own part I would rather look upon a tree with all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches than when it is thus cut and...more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre." Pope assailed still more pointedly the affectation of the age in this respect.... | |
 | 1924 - 1086 pages
...rather look upon a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffusion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is cut and trimmed into a Mathematical Figure ; and cannot...delightful, than all the little Labyrinths of the most finished Parterre. Such fanciful treatment of shrubs and hedges may still be seen here and there... | |
 | 100 pages
...diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure" ; and he "cannot but fancy that an orchard in flower looks...more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre." To conceive of a garden as a piece of "nature unadorned" is of course a contradiction... | |
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