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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... lights the study and the other the eating room . This portico corresponds in width with the bow , or rotunda in the ... light the stair - case on one side , and a closet or small dressing room on the other . The door is in the centre ...
... lights the study and the other the eating room . This portico corresponds in width with the bow , or rotunda in the ... light the stair - case on one side , and a closet or small dressing room on the other . The door is in the centre ...
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... lights ; and how playfully they break , and cross each other . What a beautiful carved frame , in appearance , the houses on both sides of York Gate form to the church , ( see the print , ) and how well the Ionic orders of the houses ...
... lights ; and how playfully they break , and cross each other . What a beautiful carved frame , in appearance , the houses on both sides of York Gate form to the church , ( see the print , ) and how well the Ionic orders of the houses ...
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... light ; while its opposite brother sparkles with all the radiance of the morning sun , having shadows and lights , reflexes and demitints in varied harmony . The church con- nects this light and shade , this treble and base , as it were ...
... light ; while its opposite brother sparkles with all the radiance of the morning sun , having shadows and lights , reflexes and demitints in varied harmony . The church con- nects this light and shade , this treble and base , as it were ...
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... light and heat rises to beautify and benefit our mundane globe ; but from the circumstance , that such a mode of distribution gives more beauty and variety of light and shade , than any other . In a northern aspect , such as this of ...
... light and heat rises to beautify and benefit our mundane globe ; but from the circumstance , that such a mode of distribution gives more beauty and variety of light and shade , than any other . In a northern aspect , such as this of ...
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... light of a northern aspect , and bears more the character of a pagan sepulchre , than of the enlivening features of a Christian temple The steeple partakes of the same gloomy character in front , but being circular in its upper part ...
... light of a northern aspect , and bears more the character of a pagan sepulchre , than of the enlivening features of a Christian temple The steeple partakes of the same gloomy character in front , but being circular in its upper part ...
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Metropolitan Improvements; Or, London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a ... Thomas Hosmer Shepherd Vista de fragmentos - 1827 |
Metropolitan Improvements: Or, London in the Nineteenth Century: Being a ... Thomas Hosmer Shepherd Vista de fragmentos - 1968 |
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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,...