 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 382 pages
...ufeful part of horticulture, fruit trees, herbs, wafer, etc. The pieces I am fpe'akihg of are Virgil"* account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's...that of Alcinous in the feventh OdyfTey, to which J refer the reader. Sir William Temple has remarked, that this garden of Homer contains all tne jufteft... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 368 pages
...ufeful part of horticulture, fruit trees, herbs, water, etc. The pieces I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of Alcinous in the feventh Odyffey, to which I refer the reader. . Sir William Temple has remarked, that this garden of Homer... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1751 - 444 pages
...ufeful part of horticulture, fruit trees, herbs, water, eue. The pieces I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that ftudy to recede from Nature, not only in the va>» rious tonfure of greens into the moft regular and... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1752 - 438 pages
...ufeful pan of horticulture, fruit trees, herbs, water, etc. The pieces I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of" Alcinous in the feventh OyfTey, to which I refer the reader. Sir William Temple has remarked, that this garden of Homer contains... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1754 - 346 pages
...of that ofAkinQus in *ke Seventh Odyfiey, to which I'Mferthe reader. • .« : • '•' '101 <.. . Sir William Temple has remarked,- that this garden...Its extent was four Acres, which; in thofe times of fimprlerty, was looked upon ;is a large one, even for a Prince. It was inclofed all round for defence... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1757 - 344 pages
...ufeful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, etc. The pietes I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of Alcinous iu tke feventh Odyfley, to which I refer the reader. Sir William Temple has remarked, that this' warden... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1778 - 448 pages
...ufeful part of. horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, etc. The pieces I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of Alcinous in the feventh Odyffey, to which I refer the reader. Sir William Temple has remarked, that this garden of Homer contains... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1787 - 338 pages
...ufeful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c. The pieces I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of Alcinous in the feventh Odyffey, to which I refer the Reader. Sir William Temple has remarked, that this garden of Homer contains... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs, water, &c. The pieces I am speaking of, are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of Alcinous. The first of these is already known to the English reader, by the excellent versions of Mr. Dryden... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 540 pages
...ufeful part of horticulture, fruit trees, herbs, water, etc. The pieces I am fpeaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of the old Corycian, and Homer's of that of Alcinous in the Feventh Odyffey, to which J refer the reader. Sir * In the Spectator, ^414. 1712, were the_/?;/ flrichires,... | |
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... masters, being wholly unconfined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought to have given a full idea of what they esteemed most excellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit-trees, herbs,... 
