 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 pages
...was for building rcnown'il, , And of marl ile be left what of brick lie had found : But is not our N. too, a very great master? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster ! Suetonius's words are, " Urbem neque pro mujestate imperil ornatam, excoluit adeo, lit jure sit gloriatus... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 pages
...capacious. • • ' '» " " •/•..>. i. • * n Augustus, at Rome, was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our N. too, a very great master? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster ! Suetonius's words... | |
 | 1826 - 644 pages
...has been rewarded with the following epigram : — ' Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster.' But in national structures it is to be hoped we shall not again employ this perishable material. For... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1826 - 854 pages
...was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found 5 But is not our Nasli, too, a very great master? — . ; He finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster.' But. in national structures it is to be hoped we shall not again employ this perishable material For... | |
 | 1826 - 644 pages
...been rewarded with the following epigram : — '• Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; ; But is not our Nasb, too, a very great master ? — He finds us all brick and he Icuves us all plaster.' But in national... | |
 | 1837 - 596 pages
...remember the epigram that was circulated a few years ago. " Augustus of Rome was for building renown'd, For of marble he left, what of brick he had found : But is not our Nash too, a very great master, Who finds us all brick-hats, and leaves us all plaster ?" We confess, for our own part, that we do... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 382 pages
...are built gave rise to the following epigram : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Review /or Jane, 1826. REGENT STREET AND WATERLOO PLACE. 267 All Souls', I.angham-place.... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1851 - 432 pages
...gave rise to the following epigram : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of martle he left what of brick he had found : But is not our...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Revlew for June, 1826. All Souls', Lanpham-place. Nash, architect. Polytechnic Institution.... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Peter Cunningham - 1853 - 386 pages
...are built gave rise to the following epigram : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But...finds us all brick and he leaves us all plaster." Quarterly Review for June, 1826. All Souls', Langham-place* Nash, architect. Polytechnic Institution.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1862 - 738 pages
...on the prince the evil deed.i of his architect : — " Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, For of marble he left what of brick he had found : But is not our George, too, a very great master ? He finds London brick, and he leaves it all plaster." 1784-ШО.]... | |
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Augustus at Rome was for building renown'd, And of marble he left what of brick he had found ; But is not our Nash, too, a very great master ? He finds us all brick, and he leaves us all plaster. 
