 the house was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to ' one's watch,' cannot depreciate the taste that reigns in the whole. The larger court, dignified by picturesque cedars, and the classic scenery of the small court that unites the old and new...  London, by David Hughson - Page 525by Edward Pugh - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Richard Brown (architect.) - 1841 - 618 pages
...the Bibliothèque is rather a diminutive catacomb than a library, in a northern latitude. Yet with these blemishes, and Lord Hervey's wit, who said the...to inhabit, and too large to hang to one's watch, it cannot depreciate the taste that reigns throughout the whole. The larger court, dignified by picturesque... | |
 | James Thorne - 1847 - 480 pages
...Lord Burlington to superintend the erection of his Chiswiek villa. Lord Hervey's ban mot, that " it was too small to inhabit and too large to hang to one's watch-chain," was rendered inapplicable by a late Duke of Devonshire, .who erected two additional wings.... | |
 | 1849 - 466 pages
...the ceiling of the corner drawingroom are beyond measure massive, and the ground apartment is rather a diminutive catacomb, than a library in a northern...was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to ones watch, cannot depreciate the taste that reigns in the whole. 1 The larger court, dignified by... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1849 - 466 pages
...the ceiling of the corner drawingroom are beyond measure massive, and the ground apartment is rather a diminutive catacomb, than a library in a northern...was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to one s watch, cannot depreciate the taste that reigns in the whole.1 The larger court, dignified by... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1850 - 324 pages
...Yicenza,) and originally consisted of the central portion only, of which Lord Hervey remarked, that ' the house was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to a watch.' Wyatt has since added to the buildings. The Duke of Devonshire at present has here a fine... | |
 | Thomas Dugdale - 1830 - 368 pages
...his design ; and this is of such circumscribed proportions that Lord Hervey took occasion to say " the house was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to one's watch." Two wings, designed by Wyatt, were added by the late Duke of Devonshire. The central compartment is... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1854 - 608 pages
...Vicenza,) and originally consisted of the central portion only, of which Lord Hervey remarked, that ' the house was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to a watch.' Wyatt has since added to the buildings. Tho Duke of Devonshire at present has here a fine... | |
 | Colburn Mayne - 1856 - 308 pages
...and snowy arcades, and high green hedges of the classic abode of England's most princely peer. " ' Too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to one's watch,' so Lord Hervey described the house before us; yet life might pass happily here!" " It depends on whom... | |
 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1866 - 762 pages
...the paper on the walls or the furniture of the apartment. ONCE A WEEK. [Once a Wrrk , Frt. 10, 1M. these blemishes, and Lord Hervey's wit, who said the...too large to hang to one's watch,' cannot depreciate tlio taste that reigns throughout tlio whole. The larger court dignified by picturesque cedars, and... | |
 | James Thorne - 1876 - 450 pages
...strict adherence to rules and symmetry Yet these blemishes, and Lord Kerrey's wit, who said the. h&u&e was too small to inhabit, and too large to hang to...one's -watch, cannot depreciate the taste that reigns in the whole. The larger court, dignified by picturesque cedars, and the classic scenery of the small... | |
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