| Hugh Blair - 1823 - 468 pages
...thwarting ; or if deviating was kept, following, or going along with nature, was to have been used. " I do not know whether I am singular in my " opinion,...rather " look upon a tree, in all its luxuriancy and diffu" sion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus " cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure... | |
| Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 268 pages
...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:...thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and can not but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths... | |
| Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...advantage dress'd ;" th« good sense and natural feelings of Mr. Addison thus discovered themselves: " 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; and cannot but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks infinitely... | |
| Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...advantage dress'd ;'' the good sense and natural feelings of Mr. Addison thus discovered themselves : " 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 ; and cannot but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...closely united with each other, a pause is admissible between the two principal substantives. EXAMPLE. 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 case, and... | |
| Spectator - 1832 - 280 pages
...and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors upon every plant and bush. I do not know whether lam singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriance and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical... | |
| Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1833 - 654 pages
...beautiful. It carries all the characteristics of our author's natural, graceful, and flowing language. A tree, in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, is a remarkably happy expression. The author seems to become luxuriant in describing an object which... | |
| Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 478 pages
...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,...and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and cannot hut fancy that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths... | |
| Methodist Church - 1846 - 670 pages
...trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of the scissors on every plant and bush. I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion,...own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriance and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical... | |
| 1844 - 520 pages
...trees rise in cones, globes, and pyramids. We see the marks of scissars 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 with all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches than when it is thus cut and trimmed into... | |
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