 The measured walk, the quincunx, and the etoile imposed their unsatisfying sameness on every royal and noble garden. Trees were headed, and their sides pared away; many French groves seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and...  The Antiquary - Page 111edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 400 pages
...and their sides pared away ; many French groves seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and summer-houses terminated every vista;...being remarked at one view was so essential, that, as Pope said, ' each alley has its brother, And half the platform just reflects the other." The first... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 438 pages
...and their sides pared away ; many French groves seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and summer-houses terminated every vista :...large to permit its being remarked at one view was 80 essential, that, as Pope said, " each alley hns its brother, And half the platform just reflects... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 386 pages
...green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and summer-houses terminated every vista; nd symmetry, even where the space was too large to permit...being remarked at one view was so essential, that, as Pope said, " each alley has its brother, And half the platform just reflects the other." The first... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pages
...upon poles. Seats of marble, arbors and summer houses terminated every vista; and symmetry, even when the space was too large to permit its being remarked at one view, was so essential, that, as Pope observed, *' Grove nods tu grove, each alley has a brother And half the platform just reflect»... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...marble, arbors and summer houses terminated every vista; and symmetry, even when the space was loo large to permit its being remarked at one view, was so essential, that, as Pope observed, " Grove nod» lógrate, each alley has n brother And h;i]f the platform just reflects... | |
 | 1849 - 466 pages
...seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and summer-houses, terminated every visto ; and symmetry, even where the space was too large to...being remarked at one view, was so essential, that, as Pope observed, " each alley has a brother, And half the garden just reflects the other."' Knots... | |
 | William Carew Hazlitt - 1887 - 280 pages
...many French groves seem green chests ; set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours, and summer houses terminated every vista, and symmetry, even where the...large to permit its being remarked at one view, was an essential that, as Pope observed — ' . . . Each alley has a brother, And half the garden just... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1890 - 324 pages
...romantic beech, the useful elm, even the aspiring circuit of the lime, the regular round of the io8 109 chestnut, were corrected by such fantastic admirers...alley has a brother, And half the garden just reflects the other. By the way, there was a little of affected modesty in Pope's remark when he said that of... | |
 | Walter Howe - 1890 - 332 pages
...their sides pared away ; many French groves seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbors, and summerhouses terminated every vista ; and symmetry,...being remarked at one view, was so essential, that, as Pope observed : " Each alley has a brother, And half the garden just reflects the other." Knots... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 488 pages
...seem green chests set upon poles. Seats of marble, arbours and summerhouses terminated every visto ; and symmetry, even where the space was too large to...being remarked at one view, was so essential, that, as Pope observed : ' . . . Each alley has a brother, And half the garden just reflects the other.1... | |
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