| John Bew - 1793 - 330 pages
...f To this the witty Garth thus alludes : Where ftands a dome majeftic to the fight, And furoptuous arches bear its oval height, A golden globe, placed high with artful Ikill, Seems to the diAan^ fight a gilded pill. the prefent Excife Office. But, in i768, the reading... | |
| David Hughson - 1806 - 686 pages
...cone, terminated by a golden ball,, which is thus described by Garth, in his " Dispensary :" " Where stands a dome majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height; A golden globe, plac'd high with artful skill, Stems to the distant sight a gilded pill." The inside was designed by... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...awful face; Where little villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world in state; 10 There stands a dome', majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height; A golden globe, placM high with artful skill, Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill: This pile was, by the pious... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 pages
...sight, Vnd sumptuous arches bear its oval height; I golden globe, plac'd high with artful skill, ¡erms, to the distant sight, a gilded pill: This pile was, by the pious patron's aim, lais'd for a use as noble as its frame; ior did the learn'd society decline The propagation ofthat... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world in state; 10 There stands a dome 1 , majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height; A golden globe, plac'd high with artful skill, Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill: This pile was, by the pious... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world in state; 10 There stands a dome1, majestic to the sight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height; A golden globe, plac'd high with artful skill, ' Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill: This pile was, by the... | |
| David Hughson - 1817 - 282 pages
...dome and a cone, terminated by a golden ball, thus described by Dr. Garth in his Dispensary : " Where stands a dome majestic to the sight, And sumptuous...skill, Seems to the distant sight a gilded pill." The whole front is decorated with pilasters of Ionic and Corinthian orders. In the centre, over the... | |
| David Hughson - 1817 - 810 pages
...ball, thus described by Dr. Garth in his Dispensary : " Where stands a dome maIestic to the eight, And sumptuous arches bear its oval height ; A golden...skill, Seems to the distant sight a gilded pill." The whole front is decorated with pilasters of Ionic and Corinthian orders. In the centre, over the... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1820 - 432 pages
...Where little villains must submit to fate ..! § i;. , That great ones may enjoy the world in state; There stands a dome, majestic to the sight, And sumptuous...• • Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill. ; .,'. * The Old Bailey. Gay, in describing the inconvenience of the late narrow part of the Strand,... | |
| William Oxberry - 1822 - 430 pages
...awful face ; Where little villains must submit to fate, That great ones may enjoy the world in state; There stands a dome, majestic to the sight, And sumptuous...skill, Seems, to the distant sight, a gilded pill." Gay, in describing the inconvenience of the late narrow part of the Strand, by 'St. Clement's, took... | |
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