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 էջ |
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... Pall Mall , and exhibits the peculiar talent of its architect in a striking manner . The shop , or ground story , forms one straight continuous line , of a simple unbroken entablature from end to end , covering with its broad frieze the ...
... Pall Mall , and exhibits the peculiar talent of its architect in a striking manner . The shop , or ground story , forms one straight continuous line , of a simple unbroken entablature from end to end , covering with its broad frieze the ...
Էջ 114
... Pall Mall to Portland Place is a great and useful undertaking ; possessing as a whole a grand and commanding character , with more architectural fea- tures and variety than any large work that we have seen since the rebuilding of London ...
... Pall Mall to Portland Place is a great and useful undertaking ; possessing as a whole a grand and commanding character , with more architectural fea- tures and variety than any large work that we have seen since the rebuilding of London ...
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... Pall Mall East , is by far his best work . This portico is the finest adaptation on a large scale of the Ilissus example of any in the metropolis ; and is a great improvement on Mr. Dance's similar portico to the Col- lege of Surgeons ...
... Pall Mall East , is by far his best work . This portico is the finest adaptation on a large scale of the Ilissus example of any in the metropolis ; and is a great improvement on Mr. Dance's similar portico to the Col- lege of Surgeons ...
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... Pall Mall , with ordinary dwelling houses only in front of it , its splendid portico and beautiful wings looked of sufficient consequence ; but when these houses were pulled down and the loftier houses of Waterloo Place erected , and ...
... Pall Mall , with ordinary dwelling houses only in front of it , its splendid portico and beautiful wings looked of sufficient consequence ; but when these houses were pulled down and the loftier houses of Waterloo Place erected , and ...
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... PALL MALL , TAŠ Publised Apr 26-22 one . 3 con Koys and boot Tentos Ingraved by Tho ! Barber Ε COLLEGE OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY . Published July.
... PALL MALL , TAŠ Publised Apr 26-22 one . 3 con Koys and boot Tentos Ingraved by Tho ! Barber Ε COLLEGE OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY . Published July.
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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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Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ xxx - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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,...