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" When a man sees the prodigious pains and expence that our fore- fathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot but fancy to himself what miracles of architecture they would have left us, had they only been instructed in the right way... "
The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell - Page 303
by Joseph Addison - 1804
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Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703

Joseph Addison - Electronic books - 1718 - 406 pages
..., that our Fore-fathers have been at in thcfe barbarous Buildings , one can't but fancy to himfelf what Miracles of Architecture they would have left...instructed in the right way; for when the Devotion, of thofe Ages was much warmer than it is stprefent, and the Riches of the People much more at the Dilpofal...
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Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c: In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703

Joseph Addison - Italy - 1753 - 324 pages
...Expence that our Forefathers have been at in thefe barbarous Buildings, one cannot but fancy to himfelf what Miracles of Architecture they would have left us, had they only been inftructed in the right way ; for when the Devotion of thofe Ages was much warmer than it is at prefent,...
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Remarks on Several Parts of Italy &c: In the Years 1701, 1702, 1703

Joseph Addison - Austria - 1773 - 324 pages
...expence that our forefathers have been at in thefe barbarous buildings, one cannot but fancy to himfelf what miracles of architecture they would have left us had they only been inftructed in the right way ; for when the devotion of thofe ages was much warmer than it is at prefent,...
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A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of ..., Volume 14

William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 458 pages
...barbarous buildings, one cannot but fancy to fcimsclf what miracles of architecture they would hare left us, had they only been instructed in the right...way; for when the devotion of those ages was much wanner than it is at present, and the riches of the people much more at the disposal of the priests,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1811 - 530 pages
...master-pieces of gothic architecture. When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense, that our forefathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot...of architecture they would have left us, had they been only instructed in the right way ; for when the devotion of those ages was much warmer than that...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1830 - 274 pages
...masterpieces of Gothic architecture. When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense that our forefathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot...of architecture they would have left us, had they been only instructed in the right way; for when the devotion of those ages wa« much warmer than that...
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The Life of Joseph Addison, Volume 1

Lucy Aikin - Authors, English - 1843 - 276 pages
...masterpieces of Gothic architecture. When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense that our forefathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot...us, had they only been instructed in the right way. . . . One would wonder to see the vast labour that has been laid out on this single cathedral. The...
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The Life of Joseph Addison, Volume 1

Lucy Aikin - Authors, English - 1843 - 276 pages
...prodigious pains and expense that our forefathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, LUCCA. 115 one cannot but fancy to himself what miracles of architecture...us, had they only been instructed in the right way. . . . One would wonder to see the vast labour that has been laid out on this single cathedral. The...
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A critical dissertation on professor Willis's 'Architectural history of ...

Charles Sandys - 1846 - 76 pages
...masterpieces of Gothic architecture. " When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense that our forefathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot...of architecture they would have left us, had they been only instructed in the right way ; for when the devotion of those ages was much warmer than that...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Dialogues on medals. Travels. Essay on Virgil's ...

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1853 - 684 pages
...gothic VOL. II. 14 architecture. When a man sees the prodigious pains and expense, that our forefathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot...of architecture they would have, left us, had they been only instructed in the right way ; for when the devotion of those ages was much warmer than that...
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