 | 1796 - 180 pages
...Oxfordfhire. " IN Imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Grteki and -Romans, which were -too-large to be covered with lead or tile, fo this, by the Painting...open; and as they ftretched a cordage from pilafter to pilaftcr, upon which they itrain•ed a covering of cloth, to protect the people from the Injuries... | |
 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1801 - 670 pages
...by seventy distant. The ceiling is by Streater, in imitation of the theatres of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile. " The chancellor or vice-chancellor has a raised seat in the centre of the semicircular part ; the... | |
 | 1803 - 200 pages
...inferted, from Plott's Natural Hiftory of Oxfordfhire. ' In imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greeks and ' Romans, which were too large to be covered with...fo this, by the painting of the flat roof within is 1 rtprefented open ; and as they ftretched a cordage from « pi latter to pihifter, upon which they... | |
 | 1808 - 166 pages
...taken from Plott's Natural Hiftory of Oxfordfhire: " IN imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greek and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, lo this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is reprefented open ; and as they ftretched a cordage... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 442 pages
...Plott, in his natural history of Oxfordshire. " In imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, so this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is represented open; and as they stretched a cordage... | |
 | 1810 - 430 pages
...from Plott's Natural History of Oxfordshire : " IN imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, so this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is represented open; and as they stretched a cordage... | |
 | W M. Wade - 1817 - 662 pages
...IV. EXPLANATION OF THE CEILING OF THE THEATRE. " In imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, so this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is represented open •. and as they stretched a... | |
 | W. M. Wade - 1818 - 524 pages
...IV. EXPLANATION' OF THE CEILING OF THE THEATRE. " In imitation of the Theatres of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, so this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is represented open ; and as they stretched a cordage... | |
 | 302 pages
...Here is how it was explained by a contemporary: In imitation of the Theaters of the ancient Greeks and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, so this by the Painting of the flat roof within, is represented open: and as they stretched a cordage... | |
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Grcdt and Romans, which were too large to be covered with lead or tile, fo this, by the painting of the flat roof within, is reprefented open; and as they ftretched a cordage from pilafter to pilafter, upon which they... 
