 Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting; and its object, like that of all the liberal arts, is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the control of good sense...  Journal - Page 277by International Garden Club - 1919Full view - About this book
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 492 pages
...is this,— that all just and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...move the affections under the control of good sense; that is, those of the best and wisest: but, speaking with more precision, it is to assist Nature in... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 pages
...beautifully says, " All first and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds as it is called, may be considered...liberal arts, is, or ought to be to move the affections, 392 OPINIONS ON GARDENING. under the control of good sense ; that is, those of the best and the wisest... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 366 pages
...this, — that all just / and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, I God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the controul of good sense ; that is, those of the best and wisest : but, speaking with more pre/] cision,'... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 364 pages
...this, — that all just 'and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the controul of good sense ; that is, those of the best and wisest : but, speaking with more precision,... | |
 | Frederic William Henry Myers - 1881 - 204 pages
...it is called, may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting; its object ought to be to move the affections under the control of good sense ; and surely the affections of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature, — who... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 454 pages
...this, — that all just and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...move the affections under the control of good sense ; that is, of the best and wisest. Speaking with more precision, it is to assist Nature in moving the... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1889 - 460 pages
...this, — that all just and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the coutz-ol of good sense ; that is, of the best and wisest. Speaking with more precision, it is to assist... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1887 - 288 pages
...this, — that all just and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...move the affections under the control of good sense ; that is, of the best and wisest. Speaking with more precision, it is to assist Nature in moving the... | |
 | William Angus Knight - 1889 - 452 pages
...this, — that all just and solid pleasure in natural objects rests upon two pillars, God and Man. Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...move the affections under the control of good sense ; that is, of the best and wisest. Speaking with more precision, it is to assist Nature in moving the... | |
 | John Dando Sedding - 1891 - 290 pages
...friendship and the simplicity of a candid mind, he thus delivers himself upon the Art of Gardening : " Laying out grounds, as it is called, may be considered...some sort like poetry and painting, and its object is, or ought to be, to move the affections under the control of good sense ; that is, those of the... | |
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