Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus
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_Eu._ Because I would have every Thing green here. Some are for a Mixture of Red, because that sets off Green: But I like this best, as every Man has his Fancy, though it be but in a Garden. _Ti._ The Garden is very fine of itself; but methinks these three Walks take off very much from the Lightsomeness and Pleasantness of it. _Eu._ Here I either study or walk alone, or talk with a Friend, or eat, as the Humour takes me. _Ti._ Those speckled, wonderful, pretty party-coloured Pillars, that at equal Distances support that Edifice, are they Marble? _Eu._ Of the same Marble that this Channel is made of. _Ti._ In Truth, a pretty Cheat, I should have sworn they had been Marble. _Eu._ For this Reason then, take Care that you neither believe, nor swear any Thing rashly: You see how a Man may be mistaken. What I want in Wealth, I supply by Invention. _Ti._ Could you not be content with so neat, and well furnished a Garden in Substance, without other Gardens in Picture besides? _Eu._ In the first Place, one Garden will not hold all Sorts of Plants; and in the second, 'tis a double Pleasure, to see a painted Flower vie with the Life; and in one we contemplate the Artifice of Nature, in the other the Skill of the Painter; and in both, the Goodness of God, who |
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