| English literature - 1787 - 690 pages
...Saracenic, though others difallow the term. Many ruins of this kind are dill exilting. The Englilh architect, however, began by degrees to ftrike out...it was invented, which was about the reign of Henry 11. It is befides found no where, 1 believe, but in England, except in fuch parts of France as were... | |
| English literature - 1787 - 534 pages
...is • calkd the Gothic, but for what гея!«« ¡t i« hard to fay , for the (/,/'... who «rere never in England, had been even forgotten when it...invented, which was about the reign of Henry II. It is bcfiilca found no where, I believe, but in England, except in luch parts of France as were in poffetfion... | |
| English poetry - 1788 - 708 pages
...however began, by degrees, to ilrike out a new mode of architecture for himfelf ; without learching the continent for models. This is called the Gothic...fay : for the Goths, who were never in England, had bein even forgotten, when it ivas invented ; which was about the reign of Henrv II. It is Ъеlides... | |
| William Gilpin - Cumberland (England) - 1808 - 374 pages
...architecrure, in which our ruins are compofed, is called the Gothic; tho for what reafori it is hard to fay, as the Goths, who were never in England, had been even forgotten, when it was invented. In this beautiful fpecies of architeflure the antiquarian points out three periods. When it firft appeared,... | |
| William Gilpin - 1808 - 334 pages
...architecrure, in which our ruins are compofed, is called the Gothic; tho for what reafon it is hard to fay, as the Goths, who were never in England, had been even forgotten, when it was invented. In this beautiful fpecies of architecture the antiquarian points out three periods. When it firft appeared,... | |
| Jane Austen - Fiction - 2002 - 284 pages
...however began, by degrees, to strike out a new mode of architecture for himself; without searching the continent for models. This is called the Gothic; but for what reason, it is hard to say: for the Goths, who were never in England, had been even forgotten, when... | |
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