Cottage residences; or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds (1873)
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852, Sargent, Henry Winthrop, 1810-1882, Downing, Charles, Harney, George E · New York : J. Wiley & son · leaf 34
be distracted amongthem. Again (to consider it in another view), when thesun breaks out in gleams, there is something that delightsand sur])rises in seeing an object, before only visible, lightedup in splendor, and then gradually sinking into shade; but * To render the effect stUl worse, our modem… … COTTAGE KKSIDENCES. 15 a Avhitened object is already lighted up; it remains so whenever^thing else has retired into ol)scurity; it still forcesitself into notice, still impudently stares you in the face.An object of a sober tint, unex^jectedly gilded by the sun,is like a serious countenance…
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