 He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice ; I am the more solicitous about it, because it relates to the only taste we can call our own; the only proof of our original talent in matter of pleasure, I...  Essays and Criticisms - Page 265by Thomas Gray - 1911 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1820 - 492 pages
...count Algarotti their " arbiter elegantiarum." He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice: I am the...our own ; the only proof of our original talent in matters of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds ; and this is no small... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...appoint Count Algarotti their " Arbiter Elegantiarum." He is highly civil to our nation; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice; I am the...matter of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds : and this is no small honour to us, since neither Italy nor France have... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1827 - 400 pages
...respecting Count Algarotti's opinion, "there is one point in which he does not do us justice, which relates to the only taste we can call our own, the only proof of our original talent in matters of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening or rather our laying out of grounds ; and this is... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - 1835 - 1326 pages
...Ною, dated 1763) is of opinion, that " our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds, is the only taste we can call our own ; the only proof of original talent in matters of pleasure. This Is no small honour to us ; since neither France nor Italy... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1836 - 336 pages
...his works. Mason, their " Arbiter Elegantiarum." He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice ; I am the...matter of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening, or rather* laying out grounds ; and this is no small honour to us, since neither Italy nor France have... | |
 | 1848 - 662 pages
...He is ' highly civU to our nation : but there is one point in which he ' does not do us justice : 1 am the more solicitous about it, because ' it relates...of pleasure, — I mean our skill ' in gardening, or rather laying out grounds : and this is no small ' honour to us, since neither Italy nor France... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pages
...lately published by Count Algarotti, and observes: " He is highly civil to our nation : but there is one point in which he does not do us justice : I am the...matter of pleasure, — I mean our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds : and this is no small honor to us, since neither Italy nor France have... | |
 | 1849 - 466 pages
...respecting Count Algarotti's opinion—" There is one point in which he does not do us justice, which relates to the only taste we can call our own, the only proof of our original talent in matters of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening, or rather our laying out of grounds; and this is... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1855 - 296 pages
...poet, observes in one of his letters, that " our skill in gardening, or rather laying out grounds, is the only taste we can call our own ; the only proof of original talent in matters of pleasure. This is no small honor to us ;" he continues, " since neither... | |
 | 1862 - 378 pages
...eglantcre. Gray says, in his letters, "that our skill in gardening, or, rather, laying out grounds, is the only taste we can call our own — the only proof of original talent in matters of pleasure, which confers no small honour upon us, since neither Italy... | |
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