| several hands - 1774 - 596 pages
...t of thofe ufed in architecture." — Of this particular appearance there } is a good engraving. " Compared to this, what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by man ? mere models or play-things ! imitations as diminutive as his works will always be, when compared... | |
| Thomas Pennant - 1776 - 548 pages
...bafe to the point, formed by the floping of the hill on each fide, almoft into the fhape of thofe ufed in architecture. " Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared to thofe of nature.... | |
| 1778 - 630 pages
...bale to the point, formed by the flopingof the hill on each fide, almoft into the ihape of thofe ufed in architecture. " Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men ! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared to thofe of nature.... | |
| John Knox - 1787 - 566 pages
...to the point, formed by the floping of the hill on. each fide, almoft into the fhape of thofe ufed in architecture. " Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by man ! mere models or plaything?, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1798 - 328 pages
...bafe to the point, formed by the ftoping of the hill on each fide, almoft into the fhape of thofe ufed in architecture. " Compared to this, what are the...cathedrals or the palaces built by men ? Mere models, or playthings! imitations, as diminutive as his works v,ill always be, when compared to thofe of nature.... | |
| 1801 - 554 pages
...b.ife to the point, formed by the Hoping of the hill on each fide, almolt into the fhape of thofe nfed in architecture. " Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men ! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared to thofe of nature.... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 414 pages
...below forming an ample pediment ; some of these above sixty feet in thickness, from the base to the point ; formed by the sloping of the hill on each...cathedrals or the palaces built by men ? Mere models, or play. things ! imitations, as diminutive as his works will always be, when compared to those of nature.... | |
| John Pinkerton - 1809 - 1102 pages
...of this place ; at leaft they never mentioned it as any thing wonderful." " Compared ...... ...V. " Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared to thofe of nature.... | |
| James MacDonald (A.M.), Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - 1811 - 848 pages
...columns below, forming an ample pediment ; some of these above 60 feet in thickness, from the base to the point, formed, by the sloping of the hill on each...cathedrals or the palaces built by men ? Mere models or playthings ! Imitations as diminutive as their works will always be when compared to those of nature... | |
| Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 546 pages
...below, forming an ample pediment ; som* of these above sixty feet in thickness, from the base to the point, formed by the sloping of the hill on each side,...cathedrals or the palaces built by men ! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as his works will always be when compared to those of nature.... | |
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