 | Charles Rollin - 1734 - 434 pàgines
...Strait mentions tlefepuhbre, Lib. 1 7, p. 808. very' •• V / A very firft, and before they coulcl have any models to imitate, to aim in all things at...magnificent ; and to be intent on real beauties, without fwerving ever fo little from a noble fimplicity, in which the higheft perfection of art confifts. But... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1800 - 378 pàgines
...to pafs on thefe edifices, fo much boafted of by the ancients. It is but juft to remark and eileem the noble genius which the Egyptians had for architecture;' a genius that prompted them from the earlieft times, and before they could have any models to imi"tate, to aim in all things at the grand... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1821 - 558 pàgines
...what judgment we ought to pass on these edifices, so much boasted of by the ancients. It is but just to remark and esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians...noble simplicity, in which the highest perfection of the art consists. But what idea ought we to form of those princes, who considered as something grand,... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pàgines
...what judgment we ought to pass on these edifices, so much boasted of by the ancients. It is but just to remark and esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians...architecture ; a genius that prompted them, from the earliest limes, and before they could have any models to imitate, to aim in all things at the grand and magnificent... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 pàgines
...what judgment we ought to pass on these edifices, so much boasted of by the ancients. It is but just to remark and esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians...noble simplicity, in which the highest perfection of the art consists. But what idea ought we to form of those princes, who considered as something grand... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1827 - 494 pàgines
...what judgment we ought to pass on these edifices, so much boasted of by the ancients. It is but just to remark and esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians...noble simplicity, in which the highest perfection of the art consists. But what idea ought we to form of those princes, who considered as something grand... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pàgines
...us.what judgment we ought to pass on these edifices," so much boasted of by the ancients. It is but just to remark and esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians had for architecture,1' — a genius that prompted them from the earliest times, and before they could have... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pàgines
...which the Egyptians had for architecture,1' — a genius that prompted "tfiein from the earliest limes, and before they could have any models to imitate',...noble simplicity, in which the highest perfection of the art consists. § 5. I'ut what idea ought we to form of those princes, who considered as something... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pàgines
...esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians had for architecture,i1 — a genius that prompted fliem from the earliest times, and before they could have...to imitate, to aim in all things at the grand and mag1nificent; and to be intent on real beauties, without deviating in the least from a noble simplicity,... | |
 | Charles Rollin, Robert Lynam - 1836 - 384 pàgines
...what judgment we ought to- pass on these edifices, so much boasted of by the ancienta. It is but just to remark and esteem .the noble genius which the Egyptians...noble simplicity, in which the highest perfection of the art consists. But what idea ought we to form of those princes, who considered as something grand,... | |
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... so much boasted of by the ancients. It is but just to remark and esteem the noble genius which the Egyptians had for architecture ; a genius that prompted them from the earliest times, and before they could have any models to imitate, to aim in all... 
