 | Walter Scott - France - 1816 - 534 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses, and the variety of ornament upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity...accustomed to take their ideas of a fine street from Portland place, or from the George street of Edinburgh, where a long and uniform breadth, of causeway... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1816 - 528 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses, and the variety of ornament upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity...accustomed to take their ideas of a fine street from Portland place, or from the George street of Edinburgh, where a long and uniform breadth of causeway... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1816 - 500 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses, and the variety of ornament upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity...accustomed to take their ideas of a fine street from Portland place, or from the George's street of Edinburgh, where a long and uniform breadth of causeway... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1816 - 488 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses, and the variety of ornament upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity...over the slouched broad-brimmed beaver of a Quaker. 1 insist the more on this, for the benefit of those of the fireside at* * * *, who are accustomed to... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1816 - 294 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses, and the variety of ornament upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity...the casque of the warrior exhibits over the slouched broad-brimmecj beaver of a Quaker. I insist the more on this, for the benefit of those of the fireside... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1827 - 730 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses and the variety of ornaments upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity...exhibits over the slouched broadbrimmed beaver of the Quaker. We insist the more on this for the benefit 'of those who are accustomed to take their ideas... | |
 | English essays - 1827 - 728 pages
...sculptured, joined to the height of the houses and the variety of ornaments upon their fronts, produce an effect as superior to those of the tame uniformity of a ino.dern street, as the casque of the warrior exhibits over the slouched broadbrimmed beaver of the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 442 pages
...purpose of defence on the frontiers of Wales and Scotland, or their ancient and beautiful churches. Rut we look in vain for antiquity in the houses of the...accustomed to take their ideas of a fine street from Portland Place, or from the George Street of Edinburgh, where a long and uniform breadth of causeway... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 456 pages
...architecture of the earlier part of the last age, or the more fantastic structures 8 THE FLEMINGS HOUSES. of our own day. It is in the streets of Antwerp and...accustomed to take their ideas of a fine street from Portland Place, or from the George Street of Edinburgh, where a long and uniform breadth of causeway... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1837 - 936 pages
...generally speaking, long since given place to the architecture of the earlier part of the lastage, or the more fantastic structures of our own day. It...accustomed to take their ideas of a fine street from Portland Place, or from the George Street of Edinburgh, where a long and uniform breadth of causeway... | |
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... and gables still more highly ornamented ; the whole comprising a general effect, which, from its grandeur and intricacy, amuses at once, and delights the spectator. In fact, this rich intermixture of towers, and battlements, and projecting windows,... 
