 | 1837 - 244 pagini
...(says Forsyth) the immemorial antiquity of these ruins, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design—that simplicity in which art generally begins, and to which, after a thousand revolutions... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 372 pagini
...wonderful objects into view," says Mr. Forsyth, " their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and...simplicity of design — that simplicity in which art gradually begins, and to which, after a. thousand revolutions of ornament, it again returns — taking... | |
 | 1847 - 198 pagini
...(says Forsyth) the immemorial antiquity of these ruins, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design—that simplicity in which art generally begins, and to which, after a thousand revolutions... | |
 | 1851 - 478 pagini
...which are the three grand buildings called the Temples. " Taking into view their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, or...grandiosity, their bold columnar elevation, at once majestic and open, their severe simplicity of design — that simplicity in which art generally begins,... | |
 | William Linton - 1862 - 174 pagini
...into view their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, or rather their grandiosity, their bold columnar elevation, at once...art generally begins, and to which, after a thousand evolutions of ornament it again returns; taking, I say, all into one view, I do not hesitate to call... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 pagini
...amazed at the long obscurity of its mighty ruins. . . . Taking into view their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, or...massive and open, their severe simplicity of design — taking, I sny, all into view, I do not hesitate to rail these the most impressive monuments that... | |
 | John Talwin Shewell - 1870 - 500 pagini
...and classical traveller, "their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and...simplicity of design, — that simplicity in which art begins, and to which after a thousand revolutions of ornament, it again returns, — taking, I say,... | |
 | John Talwin Shewell - 1870 - 480 pagini
...and classical traveller, "their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design,—that simplicity in which art begins, and to which after a thousand revolutions of ornament,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Fulton - 1874 - 334 pagini
...mighty ruins. Taking in view their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design, — -taking, I say, all this into view, I do not hesitate to pronounce them the most impressive monuments... | |
 | Charles Carroll Fulton - 1874 - 334 pagini
...mighty ruins. Taking in view their immemorial antiquity, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design, — taking, I say, all this into view, I do not hesitate to pronounce them the most impressive monuments... | |
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Taking into view (says Forsyth, ) the immemorial antiquity of these ruins, their astonishing preservation, their grandeur, their bold columnar elevation, at once massive and open, their severe simplicity of design — that simplicity in which art generally... 