The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 |
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... feeling for some one particular class of objects or pursuits : one boy has a facility in acquiring languages , another is naturally musical ; and so on . Now , those feelings which have a tendency to induce the love or the pursuit of ...
... feeling for some one particular class of objects or pursuits : one boy has a facility in acquiring languages , another is naturally musical ; and so on . Now , those feelings which have a tendency to induce the love or the pursuit of ...
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... feelings or gratify the eye . Such an oppor- tunity , therefore , as that which the rise of architecture afforded for the exercise of the chisel , and even for the incorporation of its performances with itself , was not to be lost ; and ...
... feelings or gratify the eye . Such an oppor- tunity , therefore , as that which the rise of architecture afforded for the exercise of the chisel , and even for the incorporation of its performances with itself , was not to be lost ; and ...
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... feeling in the invention of a style of decoration in woodwork appropriate to the material and to the objects of application , than that which has been afforded by Sir Christopher Wren , in the stalls of St. Paul's cathedral ; though the ...
... feeling in the invention of a style of decoration in woodwork appropriate to the material and to the objects of application , than that which has been afforded by Sir Christopher Wren , in the stalls of St. Paul's cathedral ; though the ...
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... feelings of regret and disappointment . I shall give you an example of this from a villa in the Eliza- bethan style , just completed , not above a mile from town ; premising , that I have not the least idea , either of the name of the ...
... feelings of regret and disappointment . I shall give you an example of this from a villa in the Eliza- bethan style , just completed , not above a mile from town ; premising , that I have not the least idea , either of the name of the ...
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... feeling , in any matter where the passions or affections are concerned , and what is called delicate feeling . The difference between an ordinary taste for archi- tecture and a delicate taste , is not less great than between com- mon ...
... feeling , in any matter where the passions or affections are concerned , and what is called delicate feeling . The difference between an ordinary taste for archi- tecture and a delicate taste , is not less great than between com- mon ...
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