 | Edwin Beresford Chancellor - 1908 - 588 Seiten
...publication that Pope in his epistle " Of the Use of Riches," addressed to Lord Burlington, says : " You show us Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous buildings once were things of use," while Gay was not behind his brother poet in hymning the praises of a patron whom they both could flatter... | |
 | George Paston - 1909 - 430 Seiten
...sends him such a guide. Even the splendid designs published by Lord Burlington will, the poet fears — Fill half the land with imitating fools, Who random...shall take, And of one beauty many blunders make. There is only one guide which can save patrons and connoisseurs from wasting their money and making... | |
 | John Alfred Gotch - 1909 - 364 Seiten
...frankly built for show rather-4han for use. Pope points this moral in his letter to Burlington — " You show us Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous buildings once were things of use." o o E "3 Hf U The settled proportions in which architects then delighted, the double cube, Campbell's... | |
 | Charles Henry Caffin - 1917 - 674 Seiten
...and Palladio's drawings of the "Antiquities of Kome," Pope referred to them in one of his epistles— "You show us, Rome was glorious, not profuse, And...imitating fools; Who random drawings from your sheets may take And of one beauty many blunders make; Load some vain church with old theatric state, Turn... | |
 | Charles Henry Caffin - 1919 - 678 Seiten
...drawings of the "Antiquities of Rome," Pope referred to them in one of his epistles — "You show us, Eome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous buildings once...imitating fools; Who random drawings from your sheets may take And of one beauty many blunders make ; Load some vain church with old theatric state, Turn... | |
 | Lewis Mumford - 1924 - 248 Seiten
...situation with classic precision to Lord Burlington, who had published Palladio's Antiquities of Rome: V "You show us Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous...were things of use. Yet shall, my lord, your just and noble rules Fill half the land with imitation fools; Who random drawings from your sheets shall... | |
 | Sir Banister Fletcher - 1924 - 973 Seiten
...Rome," which had been first published at Venice in AD* 1554, sarcastically referred to by Pope : " You show us Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous buildings once were things of use. HOLLAND HOUSE: KENSINGTON ®sou TH FRONT AS EXISTING IN AD 1837 IMNEY PIECE IN WHITE PARLOUR B. OF... | |
 | Lewis Mumford - 1924 - 250 Seiten
...were things of use. Yet shall, my lord, your just and noble rules Fill half the land with imitation fools ; Who random drawings from your sheets shall take And of one beauty many blunders make." These lines were a warning and a prophecy. The warning was timely; and the prophecy came true, except... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 306 Seiten
...such a Guide: » A standing sermon, at each year's expence, That never Coxcomb reach'd Magnificence! You show us, Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous...Use. Yet shall (my Lord) your just, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with Imitating- Fools ; Who random drawings from your sheets shall take, And... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 Seiten
...such a Guide: 2O A standing sermon, at each year's expense, That never Coxcomb reach' d Magnificence! You show us, Rome was glorious, not profuse, And pompous...Use. Yet shall (my Lord) your just, your noble rules 25 Fill half the land with Imitating Fools ; Who random drawings from your sheets shall take, And of... | |
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Fill half the land with Imitating Fools; Who random drawings from your sheets shall take, And of one beauty many blunders make... 
