 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 446 pages
...in altitude, diftance, and degree of light and ihade. In a moment they loft half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A 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... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1809 - 700 pages
...in altitude, distance, and degree of ligtit and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice...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 - 752 pages
...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...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 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1811 - 962 pages
...in altitude, distance, am! degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice...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
...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...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 T W. Polehampton - 1815 - 588 pages
...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 cornice...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 - Natural history - 1819 - 408 pages
...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...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 - Agriculture - 1816 - 604 pages
...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...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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In a 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... 
