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Page vii
... original were generally borrowed , as well as of the Mahratta and English , and at the same time displayed so much talent in the elucidation of the various parts of the subject * It is not uncommon that in the same town or village two ...
... original were generally borrowed , as well as of the Mahratta and English , and at the same time displayed so much talent in the elucidation of the various parts of the subject * It is not uncommon that in the same town or village two ...
Page 26
... original rules from which the drawings are made , the fol- lowing extracts respecting the three principal kinds of pedestals are submitted . The height of the upapitha ( pedestal ) being divided 26 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
... original rules from which the drawings are made , the fol- lowing extracts respecting the three principal kinds of pedestals are submitted . The height of the upapitha ( pedestal ) being divided 26 ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS .
Page 31
... in capitals , terminating by a number of undulating lines . See Plate IV . fig . 2 . + Here a word in the original manuscript is not legible . ancient buildings , and is what the artists call in ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 31.
... in capitals , terminating by a number of undulating lines . See Plate IV . fig . 2 . + Here a word in the original manuscript is not legible . ancient buildings , and is what the artists call in ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS . 31.
Page 43
... original bear allusion to the projections of some of the streets described above , but they are not sufficiently clear to be translated . " Without the walls , " continues our text , " should be placed the shrines of the deities who ...
... original bear allusion to the projections of some of the streets described above , but they are not sufficiently clear to be translated . " Without the walls , " continues our text , " should be placed the shrines of the deities who ...
Page 177
... TSEW , or THE SORROWS OF HAN , A Chinese Tragedy , translated from the Original , with Notes , and a Spe- cimen of the Chinese Text . By JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS , F.R.S. , & c . In Demy Quarto ; 5s . 2 3 LIST OF WORKS IN THE PRESS . LIST.
... TSEW , or THE SORROWS OF HAN , A Chinese Tragedy , translated from the Original , with Notes , and a Spe- cimen of the Chinese Text . By JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS , F.R.S. , & c . In Demy Quarto ; 5s . 2 3 LIST OF WORKS IN THE PRESS . LIST.
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.