 ... indeed, without bestowing much time and study on this spot, is it possible to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being broken and grouped in...  The book of the world - Page 65by Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852Full view - About this book
 | John Macculloch - 1824 - 496 pages
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within, are columnar throughout; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1829 - 266 pages
...regularity throughout, its sides being columnar, and, in many places, broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, and producing a picturesque effect, which no regularity could possibly have given.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 820 pages
...above the water at mean tide, the pillar on one side being 36 feet high, and that on the other 18. The depth of the recess is 227 feet, and the breadth at...ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tint*, mixed with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses. As the sea never ebbs entirely out,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1842 - 828 pages
...tide, the pillar on one side being 36 feet high, and that on the other 18. The depth of the recess ia 227 feet, and the breadth at the inner termination...throughout ; the columns being broken and grouped in many dînèrent ways, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with secondary shadows... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...all the views of it hitherto published. The columns are frequently broken, and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, that produce a picturesque effect which no regularity could have given. The ceiling... | |
 | Staffa - 1850 - 186 pages
...all the views of it hitherto published. The columns are frequently broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, that produce a picturesque effect which no regularity could have . given. The ceiling... | |
 | Alexander F. Foster - 1852 - 398 pages
...(Musical Cave), is 66 feet high at mean tide, and 42 wide at the entrance. It is 227 feet long, and the sides within are columnar throughout, the columns...with secondary shadows, and deep, invisible recesses. The sea never ebbs entirely out ; and the name of the ' Musical Cave ' has probably arisen from the... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires... | |
 | Robert William Fraser - 1860 - 332 pages
...to acquire or convey any notion of the grandeur and variety which it contains. The sides of the cave within are columnar throughout ; the columns being...with secondary shadows and deep invisible recesses, which produce a picturesque effect, only to be imitated by careful study of every part. It requires... | |
 | William Thomas Brande, George William Cox - 1865 - 978 pages
...regularity throughout, its sides being columnar, and in many places broken and irregularly grouped, so as to catch a variety of direct and reflected tints, mixed with unexpected shadows, and producing a picturesque effect which no regularity could have conferred. The... | |
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