Observations On Several Parts of England Particularly the Mountains And Lakes O
Observations On Several Parts of England Particularly the Mountains And Lakes O
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In this light it is pathetic, and afFe6ling ; re- ceiving it's colour from an infcription full of tendernefs : Ah, Maria, Puellarum elegantiffima, Ah flore venuftatis abrepta, Vale! Heu quanto minus eft Cum reliquis verfari, Quam Tui Meminiffe ! From thefe fceneswe defcended again, through hanging fields, quite unadorned, to the moft finiihed part of the whole. It is a grove, or- namented, at the upper end, by a cafcade, from which the ftream plays in irregular meanders among the trees ; and pa...ffing under a romantic bridge, forms itfelf into a fmall lake. This whimfical fpot is dedicated, I think, with fome impropriety, to Virgil's genius ; and is one of thofe ambiguous paifages, which we are at a lofs, whether to blame, or to commend. From hence we pafs again into the lane, where we at ftrfl entered. Tho ( 6i ) Tho Mr. Shenftone has, on the whole, fhewn great tafle and elegance, and has diverfified his views very much ; and been particularly happy in (that mofl agreeable mode of defign, ) affix- ing fome peculiar chara6ler to each fcene ; yet in fome things he has perhaps done too much ; and in others not enough.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
In this light it is pathetic, and afFe6ling ; re- ceiving it's colour from an infcription full of tendernefs : Ah, Maria, Puellarum elegantiffima, Ah flore venuftatis abrepta, Vale! Heu quanto minus eft Cum reliquis verfari, Quam Tui Meminiffe ! From thefe fceneswe defcended again, through hanging fields, quite unadorned, to the moft finiihed part of the whole. It is a grove, or- namented, at the upper end, by a cafcade, from which the ftream plays in irregular meanders among the trees ; and pa...ffing under a romantic bridge, forms itfelf into a fmall lake. This whimfical fpot is dedicated, I think, with fome impropriety, to Virgil's genius ; and is one of thofe ambiguous paifages, which we are at a lofs, whether to blame, or to commend. From hence we pafs again into the lane, where we at ftrfl entered. Tho ( 6i ) Tho Mr. Shenftone has, on the whole, fhewn great tafle and elegance, and has diverfified his views very much ; and been particularly happy in (that mofl agreeable mode of defign, ) affix- ing fome peculiar chara6ler to each fcene ; yet in fome things he has perhaps done too much ; and in others not enough.
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