 The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no comparison with the beauteous profusion of extinct vegetable forms, with which the galleries of these instructive coal mines are overhung.  The Quarterly Review - Page 64publié par - 1836Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1837 - 1822 pages
...that of the coal-mines of Bohemia just mentioned. The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no comparison...forms with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons... | |
 | 1837
...that of the coal-mines of Bohemia just mentioned. The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no comparison...forms with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapeslry, enriched with festoons... | |
 | William Buckland - 1837 - 476 pages
...that of the coal mines of Bohemia just mentioned. The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces, bear no comparison...forms, with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons... | |
 | 1837 - 1040 pages
...The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear na comparison with the beauteous profusion of extinct...forms with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons... | |
 | 1837 - 608 pages
...of distinctly preserved vegetable remains. ' The most elaborate ' imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian ' palaces bear no comparison with the beauteous profusion of ex' tinct vegetable forms by which the galleries are overhung. ' The roof is covered with a canopy... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1838 - 388 pages
...most interesting of any he had visited ; but I will describe them in his own eloquent language : — " The most elaborate imitations of living foliage on...forms, with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons... | |
 | Alexander Keith - 1839 - 456 pages
...Buckland, " is that of the coal-mines of Bohemia. The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no comparison...forms with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons... | |
 | Edmund Ruffin - 1839 - 830 pages
...living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces, bear no comparison with the beautious profusion of extinct vegetable forms with which the...coal mines are over-hung. The roof is covered as with i\ canopy of gorgeous tapeslry, enriched with festoons of most graceful li> liage, flung in wild irregular... | |
 | Frederick John Francis - 1839 - 204 pages
...most elaborate imitations," he says in a passage no less elegant than just, " of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces, bear no comparison with the beauteous profusion of extinct vegetableforms with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered... | |
 | 1840 - 430 pages
...speaking of the coal-mines of Bohemia, says, " The most elaborate imitations of living foliage upon the painted ceilings of Italian palaces bear no comparison...forms with which the galleries of these instructive coal-mines are overhung. The roof is covered as with a canopy of gorgeous tapestry, enriched with festoons... | |
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