Introduction to the Original Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, Intituled the Beauties of England and Wales: Comprising Observations on the History and Antiquities ... Together with Remarks on the Progress of ... Architecture in Succeeding Ages |
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... buildings of the Britons demand but little ob- servation . We may readily suppose that some of the rudest settlers ... building almost invariable with the early stages of society ; aud evidently proceeds from the rude , but natural ...
... buildings of the Britons demand but little ob- servation . We may readily suppose that some of the rudest settlers ... building almost invariable with the early stages of society ; aud evidently proceeds from the rude , but natural ...
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... buildings that were likely to meet the eye of distant posterity . It has been already noticed , that , according to Cæsar , these towns consisted of mean huts for human inhabitation , and sheds for cattle , which were placed in the ...
... buildings that were likely to meet the eye of distant posterity . It has been already noticed , that , according to Cæsar , these towns consisted of mean huts for human inhabitation , and sheds for cattle , which were placed in the ...
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... buildings of the Romans and those of the rude , unpolished , Britons ; " and while he al- lows the superiority of the former , he still considers them not to have risen above a mediocrity of character . The turrim gigan- teum , or tower ...
... buildings of the Romans and those of the rude , unpolished , Britons ; " and while he al- lows the superiority of the former , he still considers them not to have risen above a mediocrity of character . The turrim gigan- teum , or tower ...
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... buildings in Britain , it is certain that we chiefly depend on the assertions of Tacitus . But the natural probability of the circumstance is so great , as almost to amount to rational conviction . In regard to the disappearance of ...
... buildings in Britain , it is certain that we chiefly depend on the assertions of Tacitus . But the natural probability of the circumstance is so great , as almost to amount to rational conviction . In regard to the disappearance of ...
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... buildings , consisting of parts of columns , pediments , cornices , friezes , & c . The most considerable portions of these are supposed to have belonged to two temples , of much architectural elegance ; one being of the Corinthian ...
... buildings , consisting of parts of columns , pediments , cornices , friezes , & c . The most considerable portions of these are supposed to have belonged to two temples , of much architectural elegance ; one being of the Corinthian ...
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Page 329 - ... or return, his rent or service for the land he claimed to hold. If he held only half a knight's fee, he was only bound to attend twenty days, and so in proportion.
Page 573 - The Antiquarian Itinerary; comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic; with other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great Britain ; accompanied by Descriptions.
Page 458 - Saracen works; which were afterwards by them imitated in the West : and they refined upon it every day, as they proceeded in building churches. The Italians (among which were yet some Greek refugees), and with them French, Germans, and Flemings, joined into a fraternity of architects; procuring papal bulls for their encouragement, and particular privileges : they styled themselves freemasons, and ranged from one nation to another as they found churches to be built (for •very many in those ages...
Page 570 - Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, applied to illustrate the history of families manners, habits, and arts at the different ^periods from the Norman Conquest to the Seventeenth Century.
Page 558 - Index to Records, called the Originalia and Memoranda on the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side of the Exchequer : extracted from the Records, and from the Manuscripts of Mr. Tayleure, Mr. Madox, and Mr. Chapman, formerly Officers in that Office.
Page 566 - Bounty (that is, the governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy).
Page 573 - Border Antiquities of England and Scotland; comprising Specimens of Architecture and Sculpture, and other Vestiges of former Ages ; accompanied by Descriptions, together with Illustrations, of remarkable Incidents in Border History and Tradition. By WALTER SCOTT, Esq.
Page 547 - Britannia Baconica; or, The Natural Rarities of England, Scotland, and Wales. According as they are to be found in every Shire. Historically related, according to the Precepts of the Lord Bacon; Methodically digested; and the Causes of many of them Philosophically attempted.
Page 577 - Miscellaneous Views of the Coins struck by English Princes in France, Counterfeit Sterlings, Coins struck by the East India Company, those in the West India Colonies, and in the Isle of Man : also of Pattern Pieces for Gold and Silver Coins, and Gold Nobles struck abroad in Imitation of English, 7 plate«, 1769— VI.
Page 143 - Nor can their enemies easily surprise them with the suddenness of their incursions; for as soon as they have marched into an enemy's land, they do not begin to fight till they have walled their camp about; nor is the fence they raise rashly made, or uneven; nor do they all abide...