 The king has humoured the genius of the place, and only made use of so much art as is necessary to help and regulate nature without reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks, that are covered over with moss,...  The Quarterly Review - Page 246edited by - 1916Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1734 - 382 pages
...Cafcades feem to break through the Clefts and Cracks *• of Rocks that are covered over with Mofs, and look as ' if they were piled upon one another by Accident. * There is an Artificial Wildnefs in the Meadows, Walks ' and Canals ; and the Garden, inftead of a Wall, is' fenced on the... | |
 | 1785 - 772 pages
...The cafcades feem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with mofs, and look as if they were piled, upon one another by accident. There is an artificial wildr.els in the meadows, walks, and canals; and the garden, infiead of a wall, is fenced on the lower... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clifts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by accident. There is an artificial wilclness in the meadows, walks, and canals ; and the garden, instead of a wall, is fenced on the lower... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pages
...of the place, and only made use of so much art as is necessary to help and regulate Nature, without reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as rf they were piled upon one another by accident. There is an artificial... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 370 pages
...the place, and only made use of so much art as is •necessary to help and regulate nature, without reforming her too much, The cascades seem to -break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by accident. There is an artificial... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 384 pages
...of the place, and only made use of so much art as is necessary to help and regulate nature, without reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and crack* "of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 628 pages
...reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon...and canals ; and the garden, instead of a wall, is fenced on the lower end by a natural mound of rock-work, that strikes the eye very agreeably. For my... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pages
...of the place, and only made use of so much art as is necessary to help and regulate nature, without reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by accident. There is an artificial... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pages
...of the place, and only made use of so much art as is necessary to help and regulate Nature, without reforming her too much. The cascades seem to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon one another by accident. There is an artificial... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 476 pages
...reforming her too much. The cascades seems to break through the clefts and cracks of rocks that are covered over with moss, and look as if they were piled upon...and canals ; and the garden, instead of a wall, is fenced on the lower end by a natural mound of rockwork that strikes the eye very agreeably. For my... | |
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