Stowe. A description of the house and gardens of ... Richard Grenville Nugent Chandos Temple, marquess of Buckingham1832 |
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... opposite hill , and rising from the woods which bound the two extremities of it , -- of the Gothic Building placed on the summit of another hill on the right hand , sloping to the upper Lake , on which 2 The Corinthian Arch, 1.
... opposite hill , and rising from the woods which bound the two extremities of it , -- of the Gothic Building placed on the summit of another hill on the right hand , sloping to the upper Lake , on which 2 The Corinthian Arch, 1.
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... opposite side of the pedestal : In the year 1831 , This interesting memorial of a near and highly venerated relative , was , by the kindness of his son JOHN EARL OF CHATHAM , presented to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS , by whom it ...
... opposite side of the pedestal : In the year 1831 , This interesting memorial of a near and highly venerated relative , was , by the kindness of his son JOHN EARL OF CHATHAM , presented to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS , by whom it ...
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... opposite hill is THE GATE WAY , through which the road from Oxfordshire leads through an avenue of above a mile in length over the bridge to the House . The Gate way was designed by Kent , but was altered and extended by Signor Valdrè ...
... opposite hill is THE GATE WAY , through which the road from Oxfordshire leads through an avenue of above a mile in length over the bridge to the House . The Gate way was designed by Kent , but was altered and extended by Signor Valdrè ...
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... Opposite the north front of the House is THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF KING GEORGE I. In Armour , with this Inscription : In medio mihi Cæsar erit- Et viridi in campo signum de marmore ponam . COBHAM . In this front are an Ionic Portico ...
... Opposite the north front of the House is THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF KING GEORGE I. In Armour , with this Inscription : In medio mihi Cæsar erit- Et viridi in campo signum de marmore ponam . COBHAM . In this front are an Ionic Portico ...
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... opposite hill . A covered walk leads to a scene planted entirely with evergreens , in the midst of which stands A GOTHIC CROSS OF ARTIFICIAL STONE . THE TEMPLE OF ANCIENT VIRTUE , is a Rotundo of the Ionic order , by Mr. Kent ; on the ...
... opposite hill . A covered walk leads to a scene planted entirely with evergreens , in the midst of which stands A GOTHIC CROSS OF ARTIFICIAL STONE . THE TEMPLE OF ANCIENT VIRTUE , is a Rotundo of the Ionic order , by Mr. Kent ; on the ...
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Сторінка 22 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves...
Сторінка 22 - And you, brave COBHAM ! to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death : Such in those moments as in all the past ; " Oh, save my country, Heaven !
Сторінка 22 - Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs. Still follow Sense, of ev'ry Art the Soul, Parts answ'ring parts shall slide into a whole, Spontaneous beauties all around advance, Start ev'n from Difficulty, strike from Chance; Nature shall join you; Time shall make it grow A Work to wonder at — perhaps a STOWE.
Сторінка 16 - Quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat, Quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti, Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo ; Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta.
Сторінка 16 - John Hampden, — Who, with great spirit and consummate abilities, began a noble opposition to an arbitrary court, in the defence of the liberties of his country, supported them in Parliament, and died for them in the field.
Сторінка 12 - When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone ; Like those of old, on that thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright ; And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward,
Сторінка 16 - SIR WALTER RALEIGH, A valiant Soldier, and an able Statesman ; who endeavouring to rouse the spirit of his master, for the honour of his country, against the ambition of Spain, fell a sacrifice to the influence of that court, whose arms he had vanquished, and whose designs he opposed.
Сторінка 10 - By a fragment of his shatter'd ship, Expiring said, " How much better is it thus to die, " Than to stand arraigned " Before a Court Martial."* This Naval Column was erected By Richard Viscount Cobham, As a monument of his applause and grief, 1747.