The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency of its walls which transmitted a very pleasant light, gave it an appearance far superior to a marble building and one might survey it with... The book of entertaining knowledge - Pàgina 100per Book - 1846 - 64 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1827 - 452 pàgines
...framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency ol its walls, which transmitted a veiy pleasant light, gave it an appearance far superior...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are temples of art, inimitable in their kinds. — Frnnklin'i Journey to the... | |
| 1823 - 450 pàgines
...transin'tled a veri |.'e«mnt light, gave it an appearance far superior to a mrible building, nr:d one might survey it with feelings somewhat akin to...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds. eight hundred quart» pages... | |
| 1823 - 474 pàgines
...an aperture cut in the wall for a window. The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds. — pp. 265,266. On the I4th... | |
| Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pàgines
...aperture cut in the wall for a window. " The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds." SPIRIT OF THE SIR RICHARD... | |
| 1823 - 494 pàgines
...aperture cut in the wall lor a window. " The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds." SPIRIT OF ТИЕ Public .f... | |
| 1823 - 582 pàgines
...aperture cut in the wall for a window. ' The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias; both are temples of art, inimitable in their kinds.' — pp. 265, 266. During the... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1823 - 580 pàgines
...aperture cut in the wall for a window. ' The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are temples of art, inimitable in their kinds.' — pp. 265, 266. , During... | |
| John Franklin - 1824 - 426 pàgines
...an aperture cut in the wall for a window. The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds. Annexed there is a plan of... | |
| John Franklin - 1824 - 426 pàgines
...an aperture cut in the wall for a window. The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias ; both are triumphs of art, inimitable in their kinds. Annexed there is a plan of... | |
| 1824 - 412 pàgines
...aperture cut in the wall for a window. " The purity of the material of which the house was framed, the elegance of its construction, and the translucency...produced by the contemplation of a Grecian temple, reared by Phidias; both are triumphs of art, inimitable of their kinds.. " The hunters go in pairs,... | |
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