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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... "
An essay On the picturesque - Page 165
by Sir Uvedale Price - 1810
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, for the Year ..., Volume 100

English essays - 1830 - 714 pages
...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,...
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The Gardener's Magazine, and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement, Volume 18

Gardening - 1842 - 696 pages
...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...
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Cottage Residences: Or, A Series of Designs for Rural Cottages and Cottage ...

Andrew Jackson Downing - Architecture, Domestic - 1856 - 268 pages
...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...
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A History of Gardening in England

Mrs. Evelyn Cecil - Gardening - 1896 - 436 pages
...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,...
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Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and ..., Volume 8

Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1842 - 492 pages
...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,...
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Bulletin of the Garden Club of America

Garden Club of America - Gardening - 1928 - 1100 pages
...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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