Metropolitan Improvements; Or, London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a Series of Views, of the New and Most Interesting Objects, in the British Metropolis & Its VicinityJones, 1827 - 316 páginas |
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... feet from the ground . This stability in the structure of houses did not however last long ; for , according to contemporary accounts , all houses in London were built of wood down to the reign of James I. , at which time they began to ...
... feet from the ground . This stability in the structure of houses did not however last long ; for , according to contemporary accounts , all houses in London were built of wood down to the reign of James I. , at which time they began to ...
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... feet in breadth , is continued , by an elongation called Langham Place , by a handsome sweep round Sir James Langham's elegant mansion and grounds to Regent Street and St. James's Park on the south and by Park Crescent , New Road , and ...
... feet in breadth , is continued , by an elongation called Langham Place , by a handsome sweep round Sir James Langham's elegant mansion and grounds to Regent Street and St. James's Park on the south and by Park Crescent , New Road , and ...
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... feet in breadth , is continued , by an elongation called Langham Place , by a handsome sweep round Sir James Langham's elegant mansion and grounds to Regent Street and St. James's Park on the south : and by Park Crescent , New Road ...
... feet in breadth , is continued , by an elongation called Langham Place , by a handsome sweep round Sir James Langham's elegant mansion and grounds to Regent Street and St. James's Park on the south : and by Park Crescent , New Road ...
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... feet , and the depth on its flanks forty - four feet . The style of the building is villa - like and characteristic , and the appearance from the grounds rural and pleasing . It is the work of a young architect , and is creditable to ...
... feet , and the depth on its flanks forty - four feet . The style of the building is villa - like and characteristic , and the appearance from the grounds rural and pleasing . It is the work of a young architect , and is creditable to ...
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... feet on each side . In the centre is a clock , which breaks the monotony of the masonry . On the upper part of this is a circular peristyle of columns of the Corinthian order . A blocking course and two lofty steps surmount the cornice ...
... feet on each side . In the centre is a clock , which breaks the monotony of the masonry . On the upper part of this is a circular peristyle of columns of the Corinthian order . A blocking course and two lofty steps surmount the cornice ...
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Metropolitan Improvements; Or, London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a ... Thomas Hosmer Shepherd Vista de fragmentos - 1827 |
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acroteria Acton Place aldermen ancient antæ arches archi architect architrave attic balustrade beautiful blocking course blocking-course bridge building built called centre chapel charter Chester Terrace church citizens columns composition Corinthian order cornice council crowned cupola decorated Doric Drawn by Tho Duke east edifice effect elegant elevation embellished Engraved entablature entrance erected feet finished Finsbury frieze galleries garden grand Grecian H.Shepherd handsome height hexastyle honour houses improvements Ionic order Jones king king's lofty London Bridge lord mayor magnificent mansion Mary-le-bone metropolis Nash original ornamental palace panels parliament Paul's pediment picturesque piers pilasters plate portico portion present Professor proportions queen raised Regent Street Regent's Canal Regent's Park reign Roman Royal rusticated says sculpture Shepherd side Sir Christopher Soane spacious splendid Square stone stylobate surmounted taste tecture temple Terrace tetrastyle Thames theatre tion tower triglyphs upper villa walls Westminster whole wings Wren
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Página 12 - So proud, so grand ; of that stupendous air, Soft and agreeable come never there. Greatness, with Timon, dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought. To compass this, his building is a town, His pond an ocean, his parterre a down...
Página 23 - I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth, And sounds as if it should be writ on satin, With syllables which breathe of the sweet South, And gentle liquids gliding all so pat in, That not a single accent seems uncouth, Like our harsh northern whistling, grunting guttural, Which we're obliged to hiss, and spit, and sputter all.
Página 114 - Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed You can send a boy to college but you can't make him think.
Página 123 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Página 143 - When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.
Página xxx - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Página 136 - The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without any original plan or design; but they are not always the less pleasant to the walker or spectator, on that account. On the contrary, if the city had been built on the regular plan of Sir Christopher Wren, the effect might have been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust.
Página 32 - The study of this department of our art, convenience, particularly in domestic architecture, is one of the most useful, and at the same time, one of the most difficult parts of an architect's profession.
Página 44 - Look on our right how the huge cupola of the Coliseum spreads its ample rotunda among the groves of mansions, pleasure grounds and squares. See the bizarre minarets of Sussex Place on our...
Página 105 - Inigo Jones, the king's chief architect. Of the principal reformers of taste among the learned and noble men of this period, the great LORD CHANCELLOR BACON stands in the foremost rank ; and his published opinions on architecture and gardening, are decisive proofs of the correctness of his taste. His maxim, that houses are built to live in and not to look on, should never be forgotten by the domestic architect ; and his description of a palace, in opposition to such huge buildings as the Vatican,...