 | 1846 - 340 стор.
...richly merited the happy compliment of Walpole : " There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." He was, however, much assisted at Chatsworth. The designs are from the pencil of Gibbons, and much... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1847 - 216 стор.
...praise bestowed on them by Horace \Valpole. "There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements with a free disorder natural to each species." Notwithstanding the remarks which, in the former part of my letter, I made respecting the odours of... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - 1848 - 392 стор.
...biographer of Gibbons, elegantly expresses an opinion of his happy talent. The noble author says, " He gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species." " Nearly the whole of the improvements that were designed... | |
 | 1856 - 666 стор.
...fruit, and game. Of the above carver, Lord Oxford truly, as well as elegantly expressed, " that he gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...together the various productions of the elements, with the free disorder natural to eaoh." We now enter the Grand Staircase, distinguished most by an erect... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1849 - 550 стор.
...is quite wonderful. It was of him that Walpole justly said, ' that hn wa* the first artist who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...together the various productions of the elements, wilK a free disorder natural to each spccies.' The lime tree is still, however, used by the carver,... | |
 | John Evelyn - 1850 - 414 стор.
...GMoH. — An original genius, a citizen of nature. There is no instance before him of a man who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...together the various productions of the elements with the free disorder natural to each species. It is uncertain whether he was born in Holland, or in England... | |
 | Henry Green Clarke - 1851 - 292 стор.
...there is on each side a long range of stalls. The whole are richly ornamented with carvings, by Grinley Gibbons, who was the first, according to Walpole,...recess, at the east end, stands the communion table. Many of the monuments which are ranged around to the memory of distinguished men, particularly naval... | |
 | 1852 - 342 стор.
...there is on each side a long range of stalls. The whole are richly ornamented with carvings, by Gnnley Gibbons, who was the first, according to Walpole,...recess, at the east end, stands the communion table. The lofty columns which support the immense dome are clustered with sculptured monuments of names distinguished... | |
 | 1852 - 348 стор.
...whole are richly ornamented with carvings, by Grinley Gibbons, who was the first, according to 114 Walpole, who succeeded in giving to wood " the loose...recess, at the east end, stands the communion table. The lofty columns which support the immense dome are clustered with sculptured monuments of names distinguished... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Downing - 1852 - 564 стор.
...is quite wonderful. It was of him that Walpole justly said,' that he was the first artist who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and...elements, with a free disorder natural to each species/ The lime tree is still, however, used by the carver, and we hope that the art of wood carving may gradually... | |
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There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species. 
