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 boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure... Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Side 333af Hugh Blair - 1807 - 384 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1729 - 320 sider
...Opinion, but, for my own part, I would rather look upD z an on a Tree in all its Luxuriancy and Diffufion of Boughs and Branches, than when it is thus cut and...into a Mathematical Figure; and cannot but fancy that art Orchard in Flower looks infinitely more delightful, than, all the little Labyrinths of the more... | |
| 1767 - 334 sider
...We fee the marks of the, fciflars upon every plant and bum. I do not know whe-. ther I am fingular in my opinion, but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffufion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure ;... | |
| 1778 - 342 sider
...fcifiars upon every plant and bufh. I do not know whether I am fmgular in my opinion, but for rr.y own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffufion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure ;... | |
| John Walker - 1801 - 424 sider
...scene of imagery, and awakens numberless ideas that before slept in the imagination. Sped. N° 417. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion,...diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure. Ib. N° 415. Correct reading would admit of a pause in... | |
| 1803 - 376 sider
...trees rise in cones,_globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant or bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion,...would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy anddiffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure;... | |
| Richard Payne Knight - 1806 - 508 sider
...chooses to consider such expressions as improper, and to confine beauty to the sensible qualities of ther I am singular in my opinion ; but, for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriam-y and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 362 sider
...trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion, but, for *<ny own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 sider
...trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion,...its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, thafi when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and cannot but fancy that an orchard... | |
| Spectator The - 1816 - 372 sider
...trees rise in cones , glohes and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissars upon every plant and bush. I do not .know whether I am singular in my opinion ; but far my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 sider
...up a whole scene of imagery, and awakens numberless ideas that before slept in the imagination. 2. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion,...diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure. RULE X . — Who, which, when in the nominative ease, and... | |
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