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" On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, 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... "
The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an ...
by William Nicholson - 1809
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Annual Register, Volume 27

Edmund Burke - History - 1787 - 608 pages
...and s ihade. In a moment they loft half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aquedudls. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rofe caftles innumerable, all perfectly alike. Thefe foon fplit into towers, which were fhortly ^fter...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 58, Part 2

Early English newspapers - 1788 - 694 pages
...light and (hade. In a moment they loft half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqucdu&s. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it rofe caftles innumerable, all perfe&ly alike. Thefe foon fplit intw towers, which were fliortly after...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts ..., Volume 7, Part 1

Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...of pilaftres, all equal in altitude, diftance, and degree of light and ihade. In a moment they loft half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman...long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it roieJcaiUes innumerable, all perfectly alike. Thefe foon fplit into towers, which were ihortly after...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 27

History - 1800 - 598 pages
...pilaflers, all equal in altitude, < diftance, and degree of light and ' made. In a moment they loll ' half their height, and bent into ' arcades, like Roman aqueducts. ' A long cornilh was next formed ' on the top, and above it role cailles innumerable, all perfeâ' ly alike....
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The Gallery of Nature and Art; Or, a Tour Through Creation and Science, Volume 4

Edward Polehampton - 1815 - 628 pages
...sciiro, 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,...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...
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Gallery of Nature and Art, Or a Tour Through Creation and Science ..., Volume 4

Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...equal in altitude, distance, air! dogree of light and shade. In a moment they lust half their lHM .' i, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long...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...
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Spirit of the English Magazines

1824 - 984 pages
...of a range of more than a thousand giant pilasters, equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like those of a Roman aqueduct. A long cornice was then formed on the top, and above it rose innumerable...
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The Hundred Wonders of the World: And of the Three Kingdoms of Nature ...

Sir Richard Phillips - Curiosities and wonders - 1821 - 768 pages
...li,nr-i:.<nti-n. 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,...which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then in windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, asd other trees, even and similar. This was the...
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On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With ..., Volume 1

Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...light and shade. In a moment they lost their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts; and a long cornice was next formed on the top, and above...it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. They soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last...
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Glasgow Mechanics' Magazine, and Annals of Philosophy, Volume 1

Industrial arts - 1824 - 492 pages
...all equal in altitude, distance, and degree, of light and shade. In a moment, they lost their height, bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice...it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike; they soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonades, then windows, and at last...
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