 On this glass was depicted, in chiaro scuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice...  A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and ... - Page lxxviby James Bell - 1832Full view - About this book
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | C T. Watkins - 1810 - 1056 pages
...innumerable, all perfectly alike. These MOD split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnade*, then windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. Thi" is the Fata Morgana, which for twenty-si* yeais 1 had thought a mere fable." To produce this deception,... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 482 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts; A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Edward Augustus Kendall - 1811 - 474 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all per. fectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...moment they lust half their lHM .' i, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all per. 'fectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 408 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts - 1816 - 604 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it, rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Edward Polehampton - 1821 - 592 pages
...moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
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