History of architecture, from the earliest times; its present condition in Europe and the United States; with a biography of eminent architects, and a glossary of architectural terms (1848)
Tuthill, Louisa C. (Louisa Caroline), 1798-1879 · Philadelphia, Lindsay and Blakiston · leaf 240
a singlecross of lamps, suspended from the centre of the dome.All travellers dwell with enthusiasm upon the glory ofthis scene. Forsyth exclaims : What fancy was everso dull, or so disciplined, or so worn, as to resist theenthusiasm of such a scene! I freely abandoned mineto its illusions! But lo !… … CLASSIC ARCHITECTURE. 191 Its columns strew the wilderness, and dwell The hyeena and jackall in their shade ; I have beheld Sophias* bright roofs swell Their glittering mass i the sun ; and have surveyed Its sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem prayed. But thou, of temples old, or altars…
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