 | John Thomas James - 1817 - 488 pàgines
...magnificence, not ill according with the shewy buildings that surrounded us; every object, in short, Avhich met our eyes, partook of the same character, and bore...we are inclined from its present aspect to make any enquiry about the past, it will be necessary to recur to the Swedish history, and to those times when... | |
 | Josiah Conder - 1825 - 372 pàgines
...which they were set off, lent them an air of grotesque magnificence, not ill according with the showy buildings that surrounded us. Every object, in short,...partook of the same character, and bore a hint of its Asiatic origin."* The country between this town and Abo, is described as, for the most part, "... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 822 pàgines
...which they were set off lent them an air of srrotesque magnificence, not ill according with the showy buildings that surrounded us ; every object, in short,...same character, and bore a hint of Asiatic origin.' (p. 224.) Dr. Clarke, who visited that part of Finland which borders on the top of the Bolhnian Gulf,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 pàgines
...which they were set off lent them an air of grotesque magnificence, not ill according with the showy buildings that surrounded us ; every object, in short,...of the same character, and bore a hint of Asiatic onVin.' (p. 224.) Dr. Clarke, who visited that part of Finland which borders on the top of the Bothnian... | |
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... but persons of strong masculine habit, carrying a stubborn and listless mien, that, combined with their majestic stature, seemed by no means devoid of dignity: while the coloured ornaments with which they were set off lent them an air of grotesque... 