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... style is to be observed . This spirit extended itself to Asia Minor and to Italy , and other countries colonized by the Greeks . In all are to be found remains of large buildings , chiefly temples , erected in honour of the somewhat ...
... style is to be observed . This spirit extended itself to Asia Minor and to Italy , and other countries colonized by the Greeks . In all are to be found remains of large buildings , chiefly temples , erected in honour of the somewhat ...
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... style of which he imitated - and it was not until a late period , that the dome borrowed from the East superseded the simpler arrangement of the Grecian roof . Justinian , * assisted doubtless by the knowledge of his * Justinian was ...
... style of which he imitated - and it was not until a late period , that the dome borrowed from the East superseded the simpler arrangement of the Grecian roof . Justinian , * assisted doubtless by the knowledge of his * Justinian was ...
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... style , called Broletto , and used for the like purposes , is found in the northern towns of Italy , formerly independent- Como , Milan , Brescia , Bergamo , Monza , and others , each possesses one of these . The lower story with open ...
... style , called Broletto , and used for the like purposes , is found in the northern towns of Italy , formerly independent- Como , Milan , Brescia , Bergamo , Monza , and others , each possesses one of these . The lower story with open ...
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... styles . It is not my intention to dilate on any of the interesting subjects connected with these stupendous buildings ... style were inharmoniously mixed . Como , already mentioned , was - as you who are members of the " mystic tie " + ...
... styles . It is not my intention to dilate on any of the interesting subjects connected with these stupendous buildings ... style were inharmoniously mixed . Como , already mentioned , was - as you who are members of the " mystic tie " + ...
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... style with not a few of the edifices enumerated above . But what must not the candid and impartial admirer of the art of architecture admit on behalf of the rest . Martin Luther said he " had no idea of allowing the Devil to have all ...
... style with not a few of the edifices enumerated above . But what must not the candid and impartial admirer of the art of architecture admit on behalf of the rest . Martin Luther said he " had no idea of allowing the Devil to have all ...
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admiration adopted afforded Alcamenes amongst ancient arches architect Architecture Art of Agriculture Asia Athenians Athens Attica Basilica beauty behold building Cæsar called Carneades Cathedral caused celebrated century church colours columns Corinthian order corn cultivation dome earth Egypt Egyptian eloquence Emperor employed England erected feet fistula FLINDERS LANE genius gold grace Grecian Greece Greeks Hall Herodotus honour human ideas inhabitants instrument Ionians Italy Jupiter King labour land length LIBRARY light lofty M'CUTCHEON mankind marble materials MELBOURNE ment mind nations nature objects origin Ovid painting passions peculiar Pelasgians Peloponnesus period Phidias philosophers Pliny poet Poetry Polygnotus portion possession Praxiteles present produced quadriporticus quæ REDMOND BARRY remarkable rendered respect Roman Rome says Sculpture stone Strabo style succession supposed taste temples Theophrastus tibia tibiæ tion Tisamenus Virg Xuthus
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Page 24 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 27 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below In service high and anthems clear As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 41 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 9 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 42 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets com'ing down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: and the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
Page 43 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the soul, She all in every part, why was the sight To such a tender ball as...
Page 14 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Page 14 - Hell heard the unsufferable noise ; hell saw Heaven ruining from heaven, and would have fled Affrighted : but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.
Page 41 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn; So thick a drop serene hath quench'd their orbs, Or dim suffusion veil'd.