 Roses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak leaves and ash leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth, and such grace of nature, that the finest botanist in the...  Melrose Abbey, with Notes Descriptive and Historical - Sayfa 16J. Wass tarafından - 1888 - 30 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 396 sayfa
...elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Roses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 388 sayfa
...elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Roses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 394 sayfa
...elsewhere extant — I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Hoses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oak-leaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled •with such inimitable... | |
 | 1825 - 594 sayfa
...sculptor must have also been a botanist, for "roses, and lilies, and thistles, and heaths, and ferns, in all their varieties; and oak leaves, and ash leaves,...shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth and such grace of nature, lli;: l the finest botanists in the world could not desire a better... | |
 | James A. Wade - 1861 - 430 sayfa
...anything elsewhere extant. I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Roses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths,...shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth, and such grace of nature, that the finest botanist in the world could not desire a better hortus... | |
 | 1862 - 962 sayfa
...elsewhere extant : I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Hosts and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in all their varieties, and oakleaves and ash-leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable... | |
 | Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - 1881 - 774 sayfa
...elsewhere extant, I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Koses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths, in...shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth, and such gi-aco of nature, that the finest botanist in the world could not desire a bettor hortus... | |
 | Francis Hindes Groome - 1884 - 306 sayfa
...anything elsewhere extant. I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Roses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths,...shapes besides, are chiselled with such inimitable truth and such grace of nature, that the finest botanist in the world could not desire a better hortus... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 154 sayfa
...'cloister-arches' of Melrose Abbey show an almost endless variety of the most chaste and beautiful carving — ' roses and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths,...leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides.' 88. Castile, a province of Spain. Among other feats of arms, the Castilians were renowned for throwing... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1910 - 280 sayfa
...anything elsewhere extant. I do not say in Gothic architecture merely, but in any architecture whatever. Roses, and lilies, and thistles, and ferns, and heaths,...leaves, and a thousand beautiful shapes besides are ity of tourists to the Borders have a pocket edition to guide them in a more interesting fashion than... | |
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