 | Books - 1772 - 456 pages
...VOL is. But learn to rein Thy (Rill within the limit ihe allows. Great Nature fccrns controul : ihe will not bear . One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil She gives the* to adorn ; 'til thine aleñe To mend, not change her features. Doe* her hand Stretch forth a level... | |
 | William Mason - 1778 - 168 pages
...allows. Great Nature fcorns controul : fhe will not bear One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil .75 She gives thee to adorn : 'tis thine alone To mend, not change her features. Does her hand Stretch forth a level lawn ? ah, hope not thou To lift the mountain there. Do mountains... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1783 - 272 pages
...Nature fcorns corrtroul :' 'fhe wiH not bear ''' * ' r One beauty foreign to the fpot of foil. "75 She gives thee to adorn : 'tis thine alone " ••' To mend, not change her features. Doeslier Viaii'd" Stretch forth a level lawn ? Ah, hope not thou ' To. lift the mountain there. Do... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1785 - 526 pages
...— do not facrifice its native beauties, to the arbitrary laws of landfcape painting. " Great nature fcorns controul; flie will not bear One beauty foreign...'tis thine alone To mend, not change her features." MASON. • ' In a pidure bounded by its frame, a perfect lanfcape is looked for : it is of itfelf a... | |
 | Mr. Marshall (William) - Botany - 1785 - 698 pages
...native beauties, to the arbitrary laws of jandfcape painting. " Great Great Nature {corns controul ; (he will not bear One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil...'Tis thine alone TO mend, not change her features. MASOX, In a picture bounded by its frame, a perfect fandfcape is looked for ; it is of itfelf a whole,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1785 - 518 pages
...arbitrary laws of landfcape painting. • ••« Great nature fcorns controul; (he will not bear beauty foreign to the fpot or foil , . She gives thee...'tis thine alone To mend, not change her features." MASON. ' In a pifture bounded by its frame, a perfect lanfcape is looked for: it is of'itfelf a whole,... | |
 | Books and bookselling - 1786 - 494 pages
...its native beauties to the arbitrary laws of landfcape painting. Great Nature fcorns controul ; ihe will not bear One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil...'Tis thine alone To mend, not change her features. MASON. 4 In a pifture bounded by its frame, a perfed landfcape is looked for; À ptrfefi Landfcapf... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1788 - 334 pages
...country, is abfurd. Where nature difcourages, it is in vain to attempt. She -fcorns controul ; (he will not bear One beauty foreign to the fpot, or foil,...juft to fret his ftreams and break his cafcades ; and we readily acknowledge, that his cafcades, rocks, and ftreams are all as exact copies of nature, as... | |
 | William Marshall - 1796 - 486 pages
...its native beauties to the arbitrary laws of landfeape painting. Great Nature (corns controul; Ihe will not bear One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil She give* thee to adorn : 'Tis thine alone To mend, not change her featurei. MAION. IN a picture bounded... | |
 | Mr. Marshall (William) - Agriculture - 1796 - 460 pages
...its native beautiesto the arbitrary laws of landfcape painting. Great Nature fccfrns controul ; fhc will not bear One beauty foreign to the fpot or foil She give» thee to adorn : 'Tis thing alone To mend, not change her feature*. MA'ON. IN a picture bounded... | |
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Great Nature scorns control : she will not bear One beauty foreign to the spot or soil She gives thee to adorn : 'tis thine alone To mend, not change her features. 
