 | 1830 - 714 pagina’s
...retired into obscurity; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. — An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by the sun, is like a serious countenance lighted up by a smile ; » whitened object, like the eternal grin of a fool. I wish however to be understood,... | |
 | 1842 - 696 pagina’s
...retired into obscurity; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by...whitened object like the eternal grin of a fool." The views of the sea, and of the scenery all along the coast, are varied and beautiful; though the... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1856 - 268 pagina’s
...retired into obscurity ; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by...whitened object like the eternal grin of a fool." There may be a little sarcasm in the tone of these * To render the effect still worse, our modem builders... | |
 | Mrs. Evelyn Cecil - 1896 - 436 pagina’s
...trees of dark foliage, and some touch of bright colour was introduced to give effect to the landscape. "An object of a sober tint unexpectedly gilded by...smile, a whitened object, like the eternal grin of a fool,"t wrote one authority on the subject. Such were the high-flown ideas which inspired these designers,... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - 1842 - 492 pagina’s
...returned into obscurity; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. An object of a sober tint unexpectedly gilded by the...whitened object, like the eternal grin of a fool. The designs are ten in number, and include several styles, among which are the English or rural Gothic,... | |
 | Garden Club of America - 1928 - 1100 pagina’s
...in sun or in shade. I came across this apt paragraph in an old gardening book "An object of somber tint unexpectedly gilded by the sun is like a serious countenance suddenly lighted up by a smile, but a conspicuous whitened object is like the eternal grin of a fool!" To be sure there arc many places... | |
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... else has retired into obscurity ; it still forces itself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face. An object of a sober tint, unexpectedly gilded by the sun, is like a serious countenance suddenly lighted up by a smile ; a whitened object... 