Domestic Architecture: Containing a History of the Science, and the Principles of Designing Public Edifices, Private Dwelling-houses ... With Some Observations on Rural Residences, Their Situation and Scenery; and Instructions on the Art of Laying Out and Imbellishing GroundsG. Virtue, 1841 - 342 стор. |
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... constructed of wood , covered with straw . " ** Those ancient wooden houses of the Gauls and Britons , we are informed , were not at first square , but circular , with high tapering roofs , at the top or centre of which was an aperture ...
... constructed of wood , covered with straw . " ** Those ancient wooden houses of the Gauls and Britons , we are informed , were not at first square , but circular , with high tapering roofs , at the top or centre of which was an aperture ...
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... constructed with stone , were built in form of a cone . " — ( Dr . Borlase's History of Cornwall . ) on each side . " Thence by degrees the embryo town began , As wants or habits formed its artless plan ; The increasing numbers part the ...
... constructed with stone , were built in form of a cone . " — ( Dr . Borlase's History of Cornwall . ) on each side . " Thence by degrees the embryo town began , As wants or habits formed its artless plan ; The increasing numbers part the ...
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... constructed of wood , on a foundation of stone ; was of one story high ; and the plan composed of a large oblong or square court . A considerable portion of it was taken up by the apartments of such as were retained immediately in the ...
... constructed of wood , on a foundation of stone ; was of one story high ; and the plan composed of a large oblong or square court . A considerable portion of it was taken up by the apartments of such as were retained immediately in the ...
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... constructed of wood , and some with merely a rough foundation of loose stones ; the roofs were formed of the branches of trees , covered with straw or bulrushes , and an aperture in the centre served to transmit the smoke , ‡ evidently ...
... constructed of wood , and some with merely a rough foundation of loose stones ; the roofs were formed of the branches of trees , covered with straw or bulrushes , and an aperture in the centre served to transmit the smoke , ‡ evidently ...
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... constructed of the same fragile materials as those which had been employed by his predecessors ; ** and though he encouraged the arts and sciences , built several palaces , and founded the university of Oxford , yet those very buildings ...
... constructed of the same fragile materials as those which had been employed by his predecessors ; ** and though he encouraged the arts and sciences , built several palaces , and founded the university of Oxford , yet those very buildings ...
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Сторінка 270 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below, LXIII.
Сторінка 99 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Сторінка 110 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Сторінка 328 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend. To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let nature never be forgot.
Сторінка 174 - When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model ; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost of the erection ; Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at least desist To build at all...
Сторінка 46 - And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers : I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea : fur I have spoken it, saith the Lord God : and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Сторінка 136 - And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Сторінка 270 - I praise the Frenchman*, his remark was shrewd—. How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper — solitude is sweet.
Сторінка 286 - And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace...
Сторінка 167 - And may my humble dwelling stand Upon some chosen spot of land : A pond before full to the brim, Where cows may cool, and geese may swim; Behind, a green like velvet neat, Soft to the eye, and to the feet; Where od'rous plants in evening fair Breathe all around ambrosial air...