Mirror of Literature,  12 (1828), 189.

Nature and Art

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Miscellaneous

Publications extracted:

Cobbett 1829

Subjects:

Botany, Aesthetics


    'It is curious enough that people decorate their chimney-pieces with imitations of beautiful fruits, while they seem to think nothing at all of the originals hanging upon the trees, with all the elegant accompaniments of flourishing branches, buds, and leaves'.



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