History of Architecture: From the Earliest Times; Its Present Condition in Europe and the United States; with a Biography of Eminent Architects, and a Glossary of Architectural Terms |
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... base ; thus covering 518,400 square feet . It is ascended by steps to the summit , which is a platform of nine large stones , each of which would weigh a ton . Some of the stones in other parts of the pyramid EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE . 29.
... base ; thus covering 518,400 square feet . It is ascended by steps to the summit , which is a platform of nine large stones , each of which would weigh a ton . Some of the stones in other parts of the pyramid EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE . 29.
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... square at the base . A modern traveller thus de- scribes them : " Before the grand entrance of this vast edifice , two lofty obelisks stand , proudly pointing to the sky , fair as the daring sculptor left them . The sacred figures and ...
... square at the base . A modern traveller thus de- scribes them : " Before the grand entrance of this vast edifice , two lofty obelisks stand , proudly pointing to the sky , fair as the daring sculptor left them . The sacred figures and ...
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... square block ; the circumference of the shaft where it rests upon it is small , enlarges sud- denly , and then continues of nearly equal size to the capital . They are ornamented with sculpture in bas- relief , near the base , and ...
... square block ; the circumference of the shaft where it rests upon it is small , enlarges sud- denly , and then continues of nearly equal size to the capital . They are ornamented with sculpture in bas- relief , near the base , and ...
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... square , flat stone , like the others ; it is of a cubical form and richly ornament- ed with hieroglyphics . The tem- ple from which it was taken , was one of the most perfectly executed of the numerous works upon the Nile . It was in ...
... square , flat stone , like the others ; it is of a cubical form and richly ornament- ed with hieroglyphics . The tem- ple from which it was taken , was one of the most perfectly executed of the numerous works upon the Nile . It was in ...
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... square of Mount Citoria , at Rome , was also brought from Hieropolis by the same Emperor ; it is ninety feet high , and covered with hieroglyphics , executed in fine style . France , England , Germany , and other European countries ...
... square of Mount Citoria , at Rome , was also brought from Hieropolis by the same Emperor ; it is ninety feet high , and covered with hieroglyphics , executed in fine style . France , England , Germany , and other European countries ...
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Page 165 - IF thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moon-light ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Page 22 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 34 - And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Page 114 - There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — 4 What was this tower of strength? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid? — A woman's grave.
Page 191 - All musical in its immensities : Rich marbles — richer painting — shrines where flame The lamps of gold — and haughty dome which vies In air with earth's chief structures, though their frame Sits on the firm-set ground — and this the clouds must claim.
Page 18 - All things to man's delightful use : the roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, Rear'd high their flourish'd heads between, and wrought Mosaic; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground, more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem : other creature...
Page 154 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou would'st have thought some fairy's hand 'Twixt poplars straight the ozier wand, In many a freakish knot had twined ; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow wreaths to stone.
Page 29 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 71 - Hither the inhabitants of the capital flocked to witness the consummation of the ceremony. As the sad procession wound up the sides of the pyramid the unhappy victim threw away his gay chaplets of flowers and broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. On the summit he was received by six priests, whose long and matted locks flowed disorderly over their sable robes, covered with hieroglyphic scrolls of mystic import.
Page 201 - ... stairs rather directed to the use of the guest than to the eye of the artificer; and yet as the one chiefly heeded, so the other not neglected; each place handsome without curiosity, and homely without loathsomeness; not so dainty as not to be trod on, nor yet flubbered up with good fellowship; all more lasting than beautiful, but that the consideration of the exceeding lastingness made the eye believe it was exceeding beautiful.