 | Robert Kerr - 1811
...materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds a colouring and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and...slow train of perceptions. They must be able, as, it \vtre, to correct the impetuosity of their ideas, and patiently to revolve, examine, an4 arrange them.... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1818
...materials where they are wanting, and faney adds eolouring, and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie •with the works of nature, till some sueeeeding arehiteet blows it into ruins,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1823 - 280 páginas
...materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds colouring, and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeedingarchitect blows it into rubbish,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829
...supplies materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds coloring, and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into ruins,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829
...supplies materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds coloring, and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into ruins,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1858
...supplies materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds colouring and every befitting ornament The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into ruins,... | |
 | Thomas Reid - 1892 - 367 páginas
...supplies materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds colouring and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into rubbish,... | |
 | Thomas Reid, Derek R. Brookes - 2000 - 345 páginas
...materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds colouring, and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into rubbish,... | |
 | Tim Milnes - 2003
...materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds colouring, and every befitting ornament. The work pleases the eye, and wants nothing but solidity and a good foundation. It seems even to vie with the works of nature, till some succeeding architect blows it into rubbish,... | |
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... offices of digging for a foundation, of removing rubbish, and carrying materials ; leaving these servile employments to the drudges in science, it plans a design and raises a fabric. Invention supplies materials where they are wanting, and fancy adds... 