...alludes to this in the following passage of his 'Sylva,' wherein he asks, Is there, under the heavens, a more glorious and refreshing object of the kind, than an impregnable hedge, of about 400 feet in length, 9 feet high, and 5 in diameter, which I can still show in my ruined garden at Sayos...

...but incomparable tree,—whether we will propagate it for use and defence, or for sight and ornament. Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing object of the kind, than an impregnable hedge of one hundred and sixty-five feet in length, seven high, and five in diameter, which I can show in my...

...incomparable tree, whether it be cultivated for utility or ornament. He speaks in raptures of it : " Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing object of the kind, than an impenetrable hedge, of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, which...

...churches and houses on Christmas and other festival days, with its cheerful green and rutilant berries. Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing...nine feet high, and five in diameter, which I can now show in my round gardens at Say's Court (thanks to the Czar of Muscovy) at any time of the year,...

...HEDGE. Is there under heaven a more glorious find refreshing object of the kind than an impassable hedge of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five feet in diameter, which I cnn show in my gardens at Say's Court, at any time of the year, glittering...

...incomparable tree, whether we propagate it for use and defence, or for sight and ornament." Again : — " I» there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing...object of the kind, than an impregnable hedge of about 400 feet in length, nine feet high, and five feet in diameter, which I can shew in my now ruined gardens...

...loving mere folly ; Then, heigh ho ! the holly ! This life is most jolly ! AN OLD-FASHIONED HOLLY HEDGE. Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing object of the kind than an impassable hedge of about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five feet in diameter, which...

...feet high and five feet broad. Of this hedge, he was particularly proud, and he exultantly asks, " Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing object of the kind?" When the Czar of Muscovy visited England in 1698 to instruct himself in the art of ship-building, he...

...house when he worked in the dock-yards at Deptford. He thus rapturously speaks of this fine fence : " Is there under heaven a more glorious and refreshing...high, and five in diameter, which I can show in my new raised gardens at Say's Court (thanks to the Czar of Muscovy;, at any time of the year, glittering...

...holly hedge which the author of the Silva so much delighted in. Evelyn describes that hedge, which was about four hundred feet in length, nine feet high, and five in diameter, as " impregnable," but its impregnability was not proof against Peter's resolve to make a short cut...