Roses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth, and such grace of nature, that the finest botanist in the... Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical ... - Página 25editado por - 1884Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 396 páginas
...of which there runs a cornice of flowers and plants, entirely unrivalled, to my mind, by any thing elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture...and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 388 páginas
...magnificent remains of Gothic architecture in England or Normandy. There is one cloister, in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice...flowers and plants, entirely unrivalled, to my mind, by any thing elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 394 páginas
...elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Hoses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled •with such inimitable... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1820 - 532 páginas
...remain* of Gothic architecture in England or Normandy. There is one cloister, in particular, along fhe whole length of which there runs a cornice of flowers and plants, entirely unrivalled, to my mind, by any thing elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture... | |
| Dove - 1822 - 120 páginas
...die, NO. VII. In the magnificent structure of Mclros* ahhey, "there is one cloister in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice of flowers and plants entirely unrivalled hy anything elsewhere extant. — I do not say in Gothic Architecture merely, hut in any whatever.... | |
| 1841 - 240 páginas
...magnificent remains of Gothic architecture in England or Normandy. There is one cloister, in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice...merely, but in any architecture whatever. Roses, and Mies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves, and ash-leaves,... | |
| William Coombs Dana - 1845 - 408 páginas
...magnificent remains of Gothic architecture in England or Normandy. There is one cloister in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice of flowers and plants, entirely unrivalled, roses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak leaves, and... | |
| 1862 - 962 páginas
...of this part of the venerable pile, Mr. Lockhart observes : ' There in one cloister in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice...architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Hosts and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oakleaves and ash-leaves,... | |
| 1862 - 860 páginas
...of this part of the venerable pile, Mr. Lockhart observes : ' There is one cloister in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice...unrivalled, to my mind, by anything elsewhere extant : Clustered Pillar uvuh continuous Capital, from tne North Side of tha Nave. GENT. MAG. VOL. CCXII.... | |
| Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1881 - 774 páginas
...ornamental figures are alike ; it is thus described by Lockhart. " There is one cloister in particular, along the whole length of which there runs a cornice...architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Koses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak leaves and ash... | |
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