 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1803 - 716 páginas
...beyond a doubt, that the whole, as the uniform tradition of different writers has delivered down to us, was the fruit of one great design ; and its singular elegance does as much honor to the taste, as its noble size does to the munificence of the founder."! Hooker informs us,... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1803 - 662 páginas
...beyond a doubt, that the whole, as the uniform tradition of different writers has delivered down to us, was the fruit of one great design ; and its singular elegance does as much honor to the taste, as its noble size does to the munificence of the founder."! Hooker informs us,... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 354 páginas
...beyond a doubt, that the whole (as the uniform tradition of different writers has delivered down to us) was the fruit of one great design , and its singular...noble size does to the munificence of the founder." The two heavy Norman towers were, under the direction of this prelate, converted into transepts, and... | |
 | George Alexander Cooke - 1817 - 346 páginas
...beyond a doubt, that the whole (as the uniform tradition of different writers has delivered down to us) was the fruit of one great design, and its singular...noble size does to the munificence of the founder." The two heavy Norman towers were, under the direction of this prelate, converted into transepts, and... | |
 | 1824 - 156 páginas
...tradition of different writers has delivered down to us, was the fruit of one great design ; audits singular elegance does as much honour to the taste,...noble size does to the munificence, of the founder. Hooker informs us that bishop Quivill first began to enlarge and increase his church from the chancel... | |
 | John Britton - 1826 - 218 páginas
...doubt, that the whole, as the uniform tradition of the different writers has delivered down to us, was the fruit of one great design ; and its singular...taste, as its noble size does to the munificence of the founder11." Quivil had been a canon of Exeter for some time prior to his elevation to the bishopric,... | |
 | John Britton - 1831 - 328 páginas
...doubt, that the whole, as the uniform tradition of the different writers has delivered down to us, was the fruit of one great design ; and its singular...taste, as its noble size does to the munificence of the founder11." Quivil had been a canon of Exeter for some time prior to his elevation to the bishopric,... | |
 | England - 1840 - 250 páginas
...south end of the choir, is the ancient Saxon church, and that the whole of the present fabric was SOO years in building; yet the beautiful uniformity of...does as much honour to the taste, as its noble size (loes to the munificence, of the founder and successive constructors. Expense and labour seem to have... | |
 | 1876 - 82 páginas
...beyond a doubt, that the whole (as the uniform tradition of different writers has delivered down to us) was the fruit of one great design ; and its singular elegance does as much honor to the taste as its noble size does to the magnificence of the founder. Length and Breadth of... | |
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the uniformity of the structure, as it at present stands, seems to prove beyond a doubt, that the whole (as the uniform tradition of different writers has delivered down to us) was the fruit of one great design , and its singular elegance does as much... 