 | William Baxter - Angiosperms - 1839 - 340 pages
...hues like her's 7 Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows .'" THOMSON. ^^ï^Hi РиЪЬаЬеА by W Baxti.rßijtamc Garder-OJcH Z833 RANÜ'NCULUS*. Linnean... | |
 | Rembrandt Peale - American literature - 1839 - 276 pages
...hues like hers ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? Thomson. ARISTOTLE. DIOGENES LAERTIUS describes the person of the Stagyrite. — His eyes were small,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1840 - 174 pages
...mind. Behold yon breathing prospect bids the Muse Throw all her beauty forth. But who can paint 465 Like Nature > Can imagination boast, Amid its gay...skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every hud that blows ? If fancy then 470 Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah, what shall language... | |
 | Joshua Horner - Art - 1841 - 162 pages
...scene a treat of the most touching kind, and brought to my mind those fine lines of Thomson's, — But who can paint Like nature ? Can imagination boast....In each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? The descent from this elevated situation to the Lake of Geneva was soon accomplished. Passing, in... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1841 - 352 pages
...splendour of the Spring, and exclaims — " But who can paint Like Nature? Can Imagination boast, Amidst its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them...in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? If Fancy, then, Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah ! what shall language do 1 ah ! where... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1841 - 556 pages
...individuals mix in a crowd во as to be lost; Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, huee like hen, Or can It mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other T— THOMSON. Things are mingled together of different sizes If they lie in the same spot, out they... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - Quotations, English - 1897 - 526 pages
...remembrance of the summer's heat ? " COLLEY CIBBER. Richard III. , altered by (King Henry), Act I., Sc. I. "Who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? " THOMSON The Seasons, Spring, line 465. " Who can refute a sneer ? " PALEY. Moral Philosophy, Bk.... | |
 | Quotations - 1897 - 308 pages
...hues like hers ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine. And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? — Thomson. Nature intends that at fixed periods men should succeed each other by the instrumentality... | |
 | William Whitman Bailey - Botany - 1897 - 186 pages
...Have sought in Colchis for the fleece of gold. Had they but known the prize our maples hold. OCTOBER. "Who can paint like Nature? Can imagination boast Amid its gay creation , bnes like hers? " — Thom»on. The October atmosphere possesses an indescribable softness, and the... | |
 | William D. Hall - English language - 1898 - 326 pages
...you see the comet? 7. A blue flag indicates general rain or snow. 8. Progress is the law of life. 9. But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers? — THOMSON. 10. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a duty. 11. What the... | |
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But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows... 
