 to define the angles precisely, and at the same time with a great deal of elegance ; and, to render it still more agreeable, the whole is lighted from •without, and the air is perfectly free from the damp and noxious vapours with which natural caverns...  A topographical dictionary of Scotland - Page 613by David Webster (topographer.) - 1819 - 676 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 812 pages
...off to form it; between the angles of which a yellow stalagmatic matter has been exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and, at the same time,...natural caverns in general abound." '* How splendid," says Dr Uno Von Troil, in his Letters on Iceland, " do the porticoes of the ancients appear, in our... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 580 pages
...to form it ; between the angles of which a yellow rtal*?matic matter has been exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and, at the same time,...and, to render it still more agreeable, the whole ie lighted from wiibont, and the air is perfectly free from the damp and noxious vapours with which... | |
 | William Guthrie - 1843 - 848 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and, at the same time, vary the colour, with a great deal of elegance: and, to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without ; so that the extremity is very plainly seen from without ; and the air within, being agitated \ulli... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - Paris (France) - 1850 - 586 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time, vary the colour, with a great deal of elegance; and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without, so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without; and the air within, agitated by the... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - Paris (France) - 1850 - 576 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time, vary the colour, with a great deal of elegance; and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without, so that the farthest extremity is very plainly seen from without; and the air within, agitated by the... | |
 | Staffa - 1850 - 186 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance; and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without.' The most careful survey of Staffa is that of Dr. M'Culloch, ill his Western Islands of Scotland, whose... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 766 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance; and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without, so that the furthest extremity is very plainly seen from without, and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 772 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely, and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance ; and to render it still...more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without, so that the furthest extremity is very plainly seen from without, and the air within, being agitated... | |
 | C. C. L. Hirschfeld, Hirschfeld Hirschfeld - Architecture - 2001 - 550 pages
...matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely; and at the same time vary the color with a great deal of elegance, and to render it still more agreeable, the whole is lighted from witi1out; so that the * Major, lib. 5, p. 215. **Boethius mores Scot., 11. [Neither this nor the preceding... | |
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