 There is no rudeness or barbarity in the design or proportions ; on the contrary, the whole wears an air of architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps and casts a bewildered eye along its open and desolate doors, it is...  Natural History - Seite 3821920Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1841 - 640 Seiten
...proportions ; on. the contrary the whole wears an architectural air of symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps and casts a bewildered eye along its open desolate doors, it is hard to believe that he sees before him the work of a race in whose epitaph,... | |
 | 1842 - 712 Seiten
...symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps and casts a bewildered eye along its open desolate doors, it is hard to believe that he sees...rudeness of savage life. If it stood at this day on tti grand artificial terrace, in Hyde Park or the Garden of the Tuileries, tt icotiJd form a ncic order,... | |
 | George Jones - 1843 - 486 Seiten
...proportions ; on the contrary, the whole wears an air of Architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps, and casts a bewildered...to have perished in the rudeness of savage life." In justice to those historians, it should be stated, that they did not know of these architectural... | |
 | George Jones - 1843 - 500 Seiten
...proportions ; on the contrary, the whole wears an air of Architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps, and casts a bewildered...to have perished in the rudeness of savage life." Injustice to those historians, it should be stated, that they did not know of these architectural wonders... | |
 | George Jones - 1843 - 572 Seiten
...proportions ; on the contrary, the whole wears an air of Architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps, and casts a bewildered...to have perished in the rudeness of savage life." In justice to those historians, it should be stated, that they did not know of these architectural... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 248 Seiten
...the building; on the contrary, the whole wears an air of architectural symmetry and grandeur : and as the stranger ascends the steps, and casts a bewildered...believe that he sees before him the work of a race of men deserving the name which has been bestowed upon them by their historians, of savages, ignorant... | |
 | Pickering Dodge - 1850 - 376 Seiten
...sculpture, rich, grand and elaborate. The whole wears an air of architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and, as the stranger ascends the steps and casts a bewildered eye along its open and desolate doors, it is difficult to believe that he sees before him the work of a race who have been described by historians... | |
 | Pickering Dodge - 1850 - 404 Seiten
...sculpture, rich, grand and elaborate. The whole wears an air of architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and, as the stranger ascends the steps and casts a bewildered eye along its open and desolate doors, it is difficult to believe that he sees before him the work of a race who have been described by historians... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 656 Seiten
...proportions ; on the contrary, the whole wears an air of architectural symmetry and grandeur ; and as the stranger ascends the steps and casts a bewildered...perished in the rudeness of savage life. If it stood in Hyde Park or the Garden of the Tuileries, it would form a new order, I do not say equalling, but... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1862 - 524 Seiten
...grandeur; and as the stranger ascends the •tepg and casts a bewildered eye along its open and dtaiolate doors, it is hard to believe that he sees before him...perished in the rudeness of savage life. If it stood in Hyde Park or the Garden of the Tuileries, it would firm a new order, I do not say equalling, but... | |
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