 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 540 pages
...pediment ; some of these above sixty feet in thickness, from the hase to the point, formed by the doping of the hill on each side, almost into the shape of...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.... | |
 | Rev. Edward Polehampton, John Mason Good - 1818 - 566 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 side, almost into the shape of Ihose used in architecture. Compared to this what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men !... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 538 pages
...sixty feet in thickness, from the base to the point, formed by the sloping of the hill on each tide, almost into the shape of those used in architecture....cathedrals or the palaces built by men ! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as bis works will always be when compared to those of nature.... | |
 | Scotland. [Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.] - 1821 - 378 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 side, almost into the sfeape of those used in architecture. . • i ".lt an" Compared to this, what are the cathedrals or... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1821 - 768 pages
...Staff,!, Sir Joseph is led by his enthusiasm to make the following reflections: "Compared to this, -vh.it 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 those of nature.... | |
 | John Stark (of Edinburgh.) - 1823 - 422 pages
...natural masonry strikes every visitor with astonishment. "Compared to this," says Sir Joseph Banks, " 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 those of Nature."... | |
 | George Miller - 1826 - 864 pages
...the Royal Society of London, who, in describing these stupendous wonders, is forced to exclaim : " Compared to this, what are the 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.... | |
 | 1833 - 448 pages
...general aspect of Staffa, Sir Joseph is led by his enthusiasm to make the following reflections : ' Compared to this, what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by man ! mere models or playthings, imitations as diminutive as such works will always be when compared... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1840 - 366 pages
...less eiquisite in beauty, than to his eye the reality justifies. " Compared to this (it has been said) what are the cathedrals or the palaces built by men ? — mere models or playthings ; — imitative or diminutive as his works will always be when compared with those of nature."... | |
 | George Anderson (of Inverness.), Peter Anderson - 1842 - 750 pages
...Fingal's Cave, burst upon our view. Description has long been exhausted on the wonders of this cave. " 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 those of nature.... | |
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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 those of nature. 
