 Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? — He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster.  The Quarterly Review - Página 137editado por - 1826Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 páginas
...was for building rcnown'il, , And of marl ile be left what of brick lie had found : But is not our N. too, a very great master? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster ! Suetonius's words are, " Urbem neque pro mujestate imperil ornatam, excoluit adeo, lit jure sit gloriatus... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 644 páginas
...was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? — He finds us all brick...edifice, now covered with a tawdry veil, the design, itis said, of a female hand. Though London has no quarries of her own, she has a command of shipping,... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 390 páginas
...Rome was or building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ?— He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Review far June, 1826. REGENT STREET AND WATERLOO PLACE. Polytechnic Institution.— All... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 páginas
...was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? — He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Review for June, 1826. All Souls', Langham-place* Nash, architect. Polytechnic Institution.... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1894 - 388 páginas
...for building renowned, And of marble he left what of brick he had found : — But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? — He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster.' 1 [From Regent Circus, Coventry Street (originally Hedge Lane, on the right) leads into Leicester Square.... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1896 - 402 páginas
...was for building renowned, And of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our Nash, too, a very great master?— He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster.' < [From Regent Circus, Coventry Street (originally Hedge Lane, on the right) leads into Leicester Square.... | |
 | Ernest George Hardy - 1899 - 298 páginas
...was for building renowned, For of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our Nash, too, a very great Master ? He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." On the West Wall: 8. A full-length portrait of Sir Eubule Thelwall as a boy standing by his mother.... | |
 | Leslie Stephen, Sir Sidney Lee - 1894 - 470 páginas
...Rome was for building renown'd, For of marble he left what of brick he bad found; But is not our Nash, too. a very great master? He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster. Nash made great use of cast-iron in his buildings, and took out several patents for this purpose. He... | |
 | Emily Constance Baird Cook - 1903 - 542 páginas
...was for building renowned, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster." All the great public buildings of the time shared in the classic revival. The British Museum, built... | |
 | 1907 - 494 páginas
...was for building renown' d, For of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master, He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster ? " 170 At first the Quadrant was graced on either side by colonnades supported by fluted columns,... | |
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