Observations on the River Wye: And Several Parts of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Summer of the Year 1770R. Blamire, 1789 - 152 Seiten |
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Seite 106 - There the wise Merlin whylome wont (they say) To make his wonne, low underneath the ground In a deep delve, far from the view of day, That of no living wight he mote be found, Whenso he counselled with his sprights encompassed round.
Seite 49 - When we stood at one end of this awful piece of ruin and surveyed the whole in one view — the elements of air, and earth, its only covering, and pavement; and the grand, and venerable remains, which terminated both — perfect enough to form the perspective, yet broken enough to destroy the regularity; the eye was above measure delighted with the beauty, the greatness, and the novelty of the scene.
Seite v - J[\ last summer's tour was through Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, five of the most beautiful counties in the kingdom. The very principal light and capital feature of my journey was the river Wye, which I descended in a boat for near forty miles from Ross to Chepstow. Its banks are a succession of nameless beauties ; one out of many you may see not ill described by Mr.
Seite 39 - But what peculiarly marks this view, is a circumftance on the water. The whole river, at this place, makes a precipitate fall ; of no great height indeed ; but enough to merit the title of a cafcade: tho to the eye above the ftream, it is an object of no confequence.
Seite 105 - Dinevawr-caftle is very beautiful ; conlifting of a rich profufion of wood, and lawn. But what particularly recommends it, is the great variety of the ground. I know few places, where a painter might ftudy the inequalities of a furface with more advantage.
Seite 38 - It is not a broad fractured face of rock; but. rather a woody hill, from which large rocky projections in two or three places, burst out, rudely hung with twisting branches and' shaggy furniture, which like mane round the lion's head, give a more savage air to these wild exhibitions of nature.
Seite 47 - Though the parts are beautiful, the whole is ill-shaped. No ruins of the tower are left, which might give form, and contrast to the walls, and buttresses, and other inferior parts.
Seite 44 - A more pleasing retreat could not easily be found. The woods, and glades intermixed; the winding of the river; the variety of the ground; the splendid ruin, contrasted with the objects of nature; and the elegant line formed by the summits of the hills, which include the whole; make all together a very inchanting piece of scenery.
Seite 31 - His picture must contain a whole: his archetype is but a part. In general however he may obtain views of such parts of nature, as with the addition of a few trees; or a little alteration in the foreground...
Seite 28 - Goodrich-castle, where a very grand view presented itself; and we rested on our oars to examine it. A reach of the river, forming a noble bay, is spread before the eye. The bank, on the right, is steep, and covered with wood; beyond which a bold promontory shoots out, crowned with a castle, rising among the trees. This view, which is one of the grandest on the river, I should not scruple to call correctly picturesque...