Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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Page 50
... gardens , as Timon had : such dispositions are the very errors of human nature , and yet they are the fittest timber to make great politics of ; like to knee timber , that is good for ships that are ordained to be tossed , but not for ...
... gardens , as Timon had : such dispositions are the very errors of human nature , and yet they are the fittest timber to make great politics of ; like to knee timber , that is good for ships that are ordained to be tossed , but not for ...
Page 89
... garden ; and cer- tainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public . Divide with reason between selflove and society ; and be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others , especially to thy king and country . It is ...
... garden ; and cer- tainly men that are great lovers of themselves waste the public . Divide with reason between selflove and society ; and be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others , especially to thy king and country . It is ...
Page 126
... gardens or corn be to a common stock ; and to be laid in , and stored up , and then delivered out in proportion ; be- sides some spots of ground that any particular person will manure for his own private use . Consider , likewise , what ...
... gardens or corn be to a common stock ; and to be laid in , and stored up , and then delivered out in proportion ; be- sides some spots of ground that any particular person will manure for his own private use . Consider , likewise , what ...
Page 161
... garden on all sides ; and in the inside , cloistered on all sides upon decent and beautiful arches , as high as the first story : on the under story , towards the garden , let it be turned to a grotto , or place of shade , or estiva ...
... garden on all sides ; and in the inside , cloistered on all sides upon decent and beautiful arches , as high as the first story : on the under story , towards the garden , let it be turned to a grotto , or place of shade , or estiva ...
Page 162
... garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfec- tion . I do hold it , in the royal ordering of gar- dens , there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year , in which , severally , things of beauty may be then in season ...
... garden finely ; as if gardening were the greater perfec- tion . I do hold it , in the royal ordering of gar- dens , there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year , in which , severally , things of beauty may be then in season ...
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