The Architectural Magazine, Volume 1John Claudius Loudon Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834 |
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... ideas , can long supply without degenerating into absurdity . Never , in any age or country , was this more conspicuous than it was in London during the first ten years of the present century ; and , though it was checked in a slight ...
... ideas , can long supply without degenerating into absurdity . Never , in any age or country , was this more conspicuous than it was in London during the first ten years of the present century ; and , though it was checked in a slight ...
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... idea of the contents of the works reviewed , than to display the talent or knowledge of the reviewer . No new books will be omitted ; and , when room permits , accounts will be given of architectural works of first - rate merit ...
... idea of the contents of the works reviewed , than to display the talent or knowledge of the reviewer . No new books will be omitted ; and , when room permits , accounts will be given of architectural works of first - rate merit ...
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... idea of analogy between the top of a column and the blossoming summit of a tree being thus suggested , the fancied resemblance was shortly carried much farther ; and hence , in many instances , the column now as- sumed the appearance of ...
... idea of analogy between the top of a column and the blossoming summit of a tree being thus suggested , the fancied resemblance was shortly carried much farther ; and hence , in many instances , the column now as- sumed the appearance of ...
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... idea of the seemingly trifling , and , I may almost say , invi- sible circumstances , on which the comfort of a house sometimes depends . Before entering on the details of my subject , I shall just mention one of the seemingly trifling ...
... idea of the seemingly trifling , and , I may almost say , invi- sible circumstances , on which the comfort of a house sometimes depends . Before entering on the details of my subject , I shall just mention one of the seemingly trifling ...
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... idea of removing the skirtings , both in the rooms and on the staircase , then filling in the space in the partition behind them with plaster , and replacing them . By this process , I have rendered my partitions what , for all ...
... idea of removing the skirtings , both in the rooms and on the staircase , then filling in the space in the partition behind them with plaster , and replacing them . By this process , I have rendered my partitions what , for all ...
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