 Perhaps of all species of landscape, there is none, which so universally captivates mankind, as forest -scenery: and our prepossession in favour of it appears in nothing more, than in this; that the inhabitants of bleak countries, totally destitute of...  Forest Policies and Social Change in England - Pagina 33door Sylvie Nail - 2008 - 329 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
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 | William Gilpin - 1834 - 432 pagina’s
...examination, I shall endeavour to relieve him by a few general observations on forest history. SECTION XI. PERHAPS, of all species of landscape, there is none which so universally captivates mankind as forest scenery ; and our prepossession in favour of it appears in nothing more than in this, — that... | |
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 | Alexander M. Ross - 1986 - 220 pagina’s
...Caroline's appreciation of what she saw would have had the approbation of William Gilpin who maintained that "perhaps of all species of landscape, there is...universally captivates mankind, as forest-scenery." 16 Her tastes resemble those of her mother, who, we are told, had a "sense of the picturesque, an appreciation... | |
 | Joan Thirsk - 2000 - 368 pagina’s
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...framework of a medieval landscape. •••4 5 Forests and Wood-Pasture in Lowland England Brian Short Perhaps of all species of landscape, there is none, which so universally captivates mankind, as forest -scenery: and our prepossession in favour of it appears in nothing more, than in this; that... | |
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