 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1824 - 604 pages
...of a range of more than a thousand giant pilasters, equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades, like those of a Roman aqueduct. A long cornice was then formed on the top, and above it rose innumerable... | |
 | 1824 - 492 pages
...a moment, they lost their height, bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was then formed on the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike ; they soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonadcs, then windows, and at last... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1826 - 488 pages
...chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height,...which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then in windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. This was the... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1826 - 794 pages
...string of. several thousands of pilastres, all equal in all itii'Iu, distance, and degree of light aud shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and...which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then window», and at last ended in pine«, cypresses, and other trees, even and similar. Tbl> U the Fata... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 pages
...scuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of hjhi and shade. In a moment they lost half their height,...long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it arose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon split into towers. which were shortly after... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 462 pages
...bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed on the top, and above it arose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. These soon...at last ended in pines, cypresses, and other trees, eren and similar. This is the Fata Morgana, which, for twenty-six years, 1 had thought a mere &ble.'... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...thousands of pilasters all equal n height, distance, and degrees of light and shade. 1i a moment they bent into arcades, like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice was next formed at the top, and above it rose innumerable castles, all perfectly alike; these again changed into towers,... | |
 | Selina Martin - Children - 1832 - 242 pages
...oscuro, a string of several thousand of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height,...split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonades, then windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, an< even and similar. This is th gana,... | |
 | 1832 - 428 pages
...cornice was next formed at the top, and above it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike ; they soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost...windows, and at last ended in pines, cypresses, and oilier trees, even and similar. This is thd* Fata Margana, which, for twenty-six years, I thought a... | |
 | James Bell - Geography - 1832 - 762 pages
...light and shade. In a moment they lost their height, and bent into arcades like Roman aqueducts ; and a long cornice was next formed on the top, and above...it rose castles innumerable, all perfectly alike. They soon split into towers, which were shortly after lost in colonnades, then windows, and at last... | |
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On this glass was depicted, in chiaroscuro, a string of several thousands of pilasters, all equal in altitude, distance, and degree of light and shade. In a moment they lost half their height, and bent into arcades .like Roman aqueducts. A long cornice... 
