...uniformity : but this may be otherwise effected, and the rule should be understood with some limitation. " ....Each alley has its brother, " And half the plat-form just reflects the other." Let us examine what may be said in favour of that regularity which Mr. Pope exposes. Might he not seemingly...

...uniformity : but this may be otherwise effected, and the rule should be understood with some limitation. " ....Each alley has its brother, " And half the plat-form just reflects the other." Let us examine what may be said in favour of that regularity which Mr. Pope exposes. Might he not seemingly...

...uniformity : but this may be otherwise effected, and the rule should be understood with some limitation. " ....Each alley has its brother, " And half the plat-form just reflects the other." Let us examine what may be said in favour of that regularity which Mr. Pope exposes. Might he not seemingly...

...itiM>trn earth don not her treasures yield, Till pierc'd and goaded by the vigoroui plough. Grove iwdt at grove ; each alley has its brother ; And half the platform just reflects the other Poft He ask'd the waves, and ask'd the felon winds, What hard mishap hath doom'd this gentle swain.—...

...description cannot convey a better idea of Dutch gardens than the two following lines quotcd-from Pope: Grove nods at grove ; each alley has its brother ; And half the platform just reflects the other. From the natural soil and situation of the country much cannot be expected. A view of an extensive...

...and his versification ; for who can deny, that in the walks of his Muse Grove nods at grove— «ach alley has its brother, And half the platform— just reflects the other? As the present notes are written for the poem to which they belong, not the poem for the notes, it...

...perceptible, in which direction the stream flows. Its regularity is apt to remind us of those lines of Pope, " Each alley has its brother, " And half the platform just reflects the other." But the peninsular spot of ground, does not rise with a gentle sweep ; nor can the mountains of Pembrokeshire,...

...Constantinople has been often censured, and the monotony of Prince's-street and George'sstreet, where " — Etch alley has its brother, " And half the platform just reflects the other," has been felt by every admirer of Edinburgh. I certainly think that the want of originality in some...

...uniformity; but this may be otherwise effected, and the rule should be understood with some limitation. " — Each alley has its brother, And half the platform just reflects the other." Let us examine what may be said in favour of that regularity which Mr. Pope exposes. Might he not seemingly...

...garden ; — so that the often-quoted couplet of Pope can nowhere be more literally exemplified : " Grove nods at grove ; each alley has its brother, " And half the platform just reflects the other." The two corresponding ponds are surrounded with very old horse-cbesnut trees (./Esculus Hippocastanum),...