 | English literature - 1803 - 234 pages
...in. which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient...daughters of what they have seen at the play-house. vOL. i. s I went last Sunday, in compliance with a most pressing invitation from a friend, to spend... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 320 pages
...in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient space for them) verycurious statues of Harlequin, Scaramouch, Pierrot, and Columbine, which serve to remind their wives... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...which at once show the opulence and the taste of our principal merchants, mechanics, and artificers. I went last Sunday, in compliance with a most pressing...at one of these little seats, which he had fitted out for his retirement, once ยป week, from business. It is pleasantly situated, about three miles from... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 422 pages
...in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient...daughters of what they have seen at the play-house. Golden Wheatsheaf on my right, he conducted me into his house, where I was received by his lady, who... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1836 - 436 pages
...in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient...have seen at the playhouse. I went last Sunday, in compl.ance with a most preising invitation from a friend, to spend the whole day with him at one of... | |
 | ALEXANDRA ANDTEWS - 1856 - 370 pages
...in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are, besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient...of these little seats, which he had fitted up for T his retirement once a week from business. It is pleasantly situated about three miles from London,... | |
 | Alexander Andrews - England - 1856 - 356 pages
...in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are, besides (if the spot of ground allows sufficient...of these little seats, which he had fitted up for T his retirement once a week from business. It is pleasantly situated about three miles from London,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1856 - 442 pages
...in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is one of the most exquisite ornaments in these gardens. There are besides, if the spot of ground allows sufficient...little seats, which he had fitted up for his retirement onqe a week from business. It is pleasantly situated about three miles from London, on the side of... | |
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... every carriage, and gives the owner an opportunity of displaying his best wig to every one that passes by. A little artificial fountain, spouting water sometimes to the amazing height of four feet, and in which frogs supply the want of fishes, is... 