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" Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen... "
The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes - Página 253
por Samuel Johnson - 1811
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First Impressions of England and Its People

Hugh Miller - 1857 - 448 páginas
...by travellers and copied by' designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to...powers of mind, I will not inquire : perhaps a surly and sullen spectator may think such performances rather the sport than the business of human reason....
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The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries ..., Volumen24

1858 - 722 páginas
...century since Johnson remarked of Shenstone — Whether " to plant a walk in undulating curves, to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to...something to be hidden, demand any great powers of mind, I shall not inquire." It was what Shenstone could do, but what the man of letters could not understand...
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The Cornhill Magazine

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1914 - 872 páginas
...utilise it. (He sits down.) JOHNSON. As you will, sir. (Sits also.) As I was saying, whether to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view REYNOLDS. If you talk of views, here's a near and pleasant one ! At the foot of yonder hawthorn, now,...
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First Impressions of England and Its People

Hugh Miller - 1860 - 438 páginas
...travellers and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bencli at every turn where there is an object to catch the view, — to maks water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen, — to leave intervals...
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The Poetical Works of William Shenstone: With Life, Critical Dissertation ...

William Shenstone - 1868 - 328 páginas
...every turn where there is an object to catch a view; to make water run where it will be heard, and stagnate where it will be seen; to leave intervals...thicken the plantation where there is something to be hidden—demands any great powers of mind 1 will not inquire: perhaps a sullen and surly spectator...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - 1869 - 458 páginas
...by travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to...plantation where there is something to be hidden, demands any great powers of mind, I will not enquire : perhaps a surly and sullen spectator may think...
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A Handbook for Travellers in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire

John Murray (Firm) - 1872 - 498 páginas
...by travellers and copied by designers. " Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to...intervals where the eye will be pleased, and to thicken plantations where there is something to be hidden — demands any great powers of mind I will not enquire...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1872 - 524 páginas
...by travellers, and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view ; to make the water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where...
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Great Men at Play, Volumen1

Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer - 1889 - 354 páginas
...favour with Dr. Johnson, who observes, " Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view ; to make the water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen ; to leave intervals where...
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Garden-craft Old and New

John Dando Sedding - 1891 - 290 páginas
...visited by travellers and copied by designers. Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to...something to be hidden — demand any great powers of the mind, I will not enquire ; perhaps a surly and sullen spectator may think such performances rather...
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