The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 285
it the result of any general principlein constant operation ? In the days of the Grecian republics there were no mag-nificent buildings but the temples, and those were erectedat the general expense. The Roman emperors built sump-tuous palaces, and some of their favourites had magnificentcountry… … foundation in moral strength. In the dark ages which suc-ceeded, the only magnificent buildings erected were churches,convents, kings palaces, and castles, or rather fortresses.Almost all other structures were temporary hovels, till theestablishment, by degrees, of commercial towns; first inItaly,…
