 | 1805 - 948 pages
...the imagination; and why not in archU tecture ? "'The forms and turnings of the streets of .London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without...design ; but they are not always the less pleasant to a walker or spectator on that account ; on thecontrary, if the city had been built on the regular plan... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1801 - 452 pages
...address the imagination; and why not in Architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1801 - 450 pages
...address the imagination; and why not in Architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 446 pages
...address the imagination : and why not in Architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1819 - 440 pages
...address the imagination : and why not in Architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1824 - 324 pages
...the imagination : and why not in architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London, ,v and other old towns, are produced by accident, ' without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | Abel Bowen - 1829 - 280 pages
...forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, withoMt any original plan or design ; but they are not always the less pleasant to the walker or spectator^ 2* on that account. On ihc contrary, had they been built on the regular plan of Sir Christopher Wren,... | |
 | sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 536 pages
...address the imagination : and why not in Architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London and other old towns are produced by accident, without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds - 1835 - 514 pages
...address the imagination : and why not in Architecture ? The forms and turnings of the streets of London and other old towns are produced by accident, without...been, as we know it is in some new parts of the town, rather unpleasing ; the uniformity might have produced weariness, and a slight degree of disgust. I... | |
 | Abel Bowen - 1838 - 352 pages
...of the city. On this subject, a writer observes, ' the forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without...walker or spectator, on that account. On the contrary, had they been built on the regular plan of Sir Christopher Wren, the effect might have been, as it... | |
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The forms and turnings of the streets of London, and other old towns, are produced by accident, without any original plan or design; but they are not always the less pleasant to the walker or spectator, on that account. On the contrary, if the city had... 
