 On this glass was depicted, in chiaro scuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice...  A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and ... - Pàgina lxxviper James Bell - 1832Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | C T. Watkins - 1810 - 1056 pàgines
...innumerable, all perfectly alike. These MOD split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnade*, then windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. Thi" is the Fata Morgana, which for twenty-si* yeais 1 had thought a mere fable." To produce this deception,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts; A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all per. fectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pàgines
...moment they lust half their lHM .' i, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all per. 'fectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 408 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts - 1816 - 604 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it, rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pàgines
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
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