 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1825 - 342 Seiten
...period of more than 2000 years. On the contrary, in modern Europe, and particularly in Great Britain, there is scarcely a public building of recent date which will be in existences. thousand years hence. Many of the most splendid works of modern architecture are hastening... | |
 | Joseph Gwilt - 1842 - 1114 Seiten
...highest importance. " In modern Europe," it has been observed, "and particularly in Great Britain, there is scarcely a public building, of recent date,...will be in existence a thousand years hence. Many of the most splendid works of modern architecture are hastening to decay in what may be justly called... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1844 - 630 Seiten
...years. The contrast, in this respect, of the works of modern architects, especially in Great Britain, is very humiliating to those who boast so loudly of...building of recent date, which will be in existence one thousand years hence Many of the most splendid works of modern architecture are hastening lo decay,... | |
 | Samuel St. John - 1851 - 370 Seiten
...architects, especially * Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering, by Edward Cresy, p. 617. in Great Britain, is very humiliating to those who boast so loudly of...which will be in existence a thousand years hence." This frailty of public structures is equally conspicuous in the United States, 343. Granite, Syenite... | |
 | J.D. Dana - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...sunburnt bricks will last for centuries. Mr. Ure observes, that " such was the care of the ancients to provide strong and durable materials for their public...monuments (not endless) of folly in this respect. He observes also that the stone intended for a durable edifice ought to be tested as to its durability... | |
 | Joseph Coleman Hart - 1857 - 210 Seiten
...matters and usages here briefly treated. He says, " In modern Europe, and particularly in Great Britain, there is scarcely a public building, of recent date,...will be in existence a thousand years hence. Many of the most splendid works of modern architecture are hastening to decay in what may be justly called... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1859 - 236 Seiten
...sunburnt bricks will last for centuries. Dr. Ure observes, that "such was the care of the ancients to provide strong and durable materials for their public...monuments (not endless) of folly in this respect. He observes, also, that the stone intended for a durable edifice ought to be tested as to its durability... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1872 - 1366 Seiten
...durable even than brick. "In modern Europe" it has been observed "and particularly in Great Britain, there is scarcely a public building of recent date,...which will be in existence a thousand years hence. Mrny of the most splendid works of modern architecture are hastening to decay, in what may be justly... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1876 - 458 Seiten
...contrast in this respect of the works of modern architects, especially in Great Britain, [much nxore true of the United States,] is very humiliating to...loudly of social advancement ; for there is scarcely a public7 building of recent date which will be in existence a thousand years hence." Many splendid structures... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1879 - 500 Seiten
...works of modern architects, especially in Great Britain (for example, the new Houses of Parliament), is very humiliating to those who boast so loudly of...building of recent date which will be in existence 1000 years hence' (lire). SANDUSKY, a town of Ohio, in the United States, on a sandstone ridge, on... | |
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... modern barbarians, in peace and in war, most of the temples and other public monuments of Greece and Rome would have remained perfect at the present day, uninjured by the elements during 2000 years. The contrast in this respect of the works of modern... 