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... architectural splendour , that exists ; or in almost all these particulars that ever have existed within the known ... architecture and sculpture . It has been called the Modern Babylon ; but Babylon resembled it only in the oriental ...
... architectural splendour , that exists ; or in almost all these particulars that ever have existed within the known ... architecture and sculpture . It has been called the Modern Babylon ; but Babylon resembled it only in the oriental ...
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... architecture would otherwise command . It is built of Portland stone , of the Corinthian order , having a rusticated basement . Over the gateway , on the east side , in two niches , are statues of Queen Elizabeth , and James I. , with ...
... architecture would otherwise command . It is built of Portland stone , of the Corinthian order , having a rusticated basement . Over the gateway , on the east side , in two niches , are statues of Queen Elizabeth , and James I. , with ...
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... architectural splendour , and from their vast number must interest and surprise the casual visitor ; they are , therefore , par- ticularly deserving of notice . The places of public worship amount to upwards of seven hundred , of which ...
... architectural splendour , and from their vast number must interest and surprise the casual visitor ; they are , therefore , par- ticularly deserving of notice . The places of public worship amount to upwards of seven hundred , of which ...
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... architecture , were also brought to the same height and were all built of large blocks of Portland stone . In June , 1688 , the memorable year of the revolution , the building of the cathedral had advanced so far , that the ...
... architecture , were also brought to the same height and were all built of large blocks of Portland stone . In June , 1688 , the memorable year of the revolution , the building of the cathedral had advanced so far , that the ...
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... architecture , which consists of a semicircular portico , of the Corinthian order , surrounded by statues of the Apostles . The tympanum of the north entrance exhibits the royal arms and regalia , supported by angels ; and that of the ...
... architecture , which consists of a semicircular portico , of the Corinthian order , surrounded by statues of the Apostles . The tympanum of the north entrance exhibits the royal arms and regalia , supported by angels ; and that of the ...
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Seite 50 - THREE Poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed; The next in majesty •, In both the last. The force of Nature could no further go ; To make a third, she joined the former two.
Seite 38 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I supposed the Holy Land. — But bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.
Seite 28 - Thames waters flow. O what a multitude they seemed, these flowers of London town! Seated in companies they sit, with radiance all their own. The hum of multitudes was there, but multitudes of lambs, Thousands of little boys and girls raising their innocent hands. Now like a mighty wind they raise to heaven the voice of song, Or like harmonious thunderings the seats of heaven among: Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor. Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.
Seite 192 - This city now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Seite 406 - Johnson appeared bustling about, with an ink-horn and pen in his button-hole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
Seite 55 - Of all the passions, Whether smiles were to be moved or tears, A powerful yet gentle master; In genius, sublime, vivid, versatile, In style, elevated, clear, elegant— The love of companions, The fidelity of friends, And the veneration of readers, Have by this monument honored the memory. He was born in Ireland, At a place called Pallas, [In the parish] of Forney, [and county] of Longford, On the 29th Nov., 1731, Educated at [the University of] Dublin, And died in London, 4th April, 1774.
Seite 118 - Let him that is a true-born gentleman, And stands upon the honour of his birth, If he suppose that I have pleaded truth, From off this brier pluck a white rose with me. Som. Let him that is no coward nor no flatterer, But dare maintain the party of the truth, Pluck a red rose from off this thorn with me.
Seite 99 - Yet Burlington's fair palace still remains ; Beauty within, without proportion, reigns. Beneath his eye declining art revives, The wall with animated picture lives ; There Handel strikes the strings, the melting strain Transports the soul, and thrills through every vein ; There oft I enter, (but with cleaner shoes,) For Burlington's belov'd by every Muse.
Seite 71 - Death is there associated, not, as in Westminster Abbey and St Paul's, with genius and virtue, with public veneration and with imperishable renown; not, as in our humblest churches and churchyards, with everything that is most endearing in social and domestic charities ; but with whatever is darkest in human nature and in human destiny, with the savage triumph of implacable enemies, with the inconstancy, the ingratitude, the cowardice of friends, with all the miseries of fallen greatness and of blighted...
Seite 22 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.