The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristHenry Colburn, 1844 |
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Pàgina 143
... Fonthill long attracted public attention from their cost and magnitude . There was the prestige of vastness about all his conceptions . When he sold and quitted Fonthill , he was scarcely known to be in Bath , before a beautiful tower ...
... Fonthill long attracted public attention from their cost and magnitude . There was the prestige of vastness about all his conceptions . When he sold and quitted Fonthill , he was scarcely known to be in Bath , before a beautiful tower ...
Pàgina 144
... Fonthill , with its departed magnificence , naturally awakened my curiosity in regard to the new edifice . About the same time , the " Sketches " of Italy , Spain , and Portugal , appeared together with a new French edition of the most ...
... Fonthill , with its departed magnificence , naturally awakened my curiosity in regard to the new edifice . About the same time , the " Sketches " of Italy , Spain , and Portugal , appeared together with a new French edition of the most ...
Pàgina 147
... Fonthill Abbey was visible from thence before it fell . Mr. Beckford was the only individual who could see it was no more in the field of view without a telescope . He missed his former property , the day after it fell , before the news ...
... Fonthill Abbey was visible from thence before it fell . Mr. Beckford was the only individual who could see it was no more in the field of view without a telescope . He missed his former property , the day after it fell , before the news ...
Pàgina 149
... Fonthill , and here , lead to such a conclusion . " 6 " No , " he replied , " I have extraordinary sight ; God rarely gives men such eyes . I am partial to glancing over a wide horizon - it delights me to sweep far along an extended ...
... Fonthill , and here , lead to such a conclusion . " 6 " No , " he replied , " I have extraordinary sight ; God rarely gives men such eyes . I am partial to glancing over a wide horizon - it delights me to sweep far along an extended ...
Pàgina 150
... Fonthill had a very ample , lofty , loud echoing hall , one of the largest in the kingdom . Numerous doors led from it into different parts of the house , through dim , winding passages . It was from that I introduced the hall - the ...
... Fonthill had a very ample , lofty , loud echoing hall , one of the largest in the kingdom . Numerous doors led from it into different parts of the house , through dim , winding passages . It was from that I introduced the hall - the ...
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