The works of Horatio Walpole, earl of Orford (1798)
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Vertue, George, 1684-1756, Berry, Mary, 1763-1852, Edwards, James, 1757-1816, G. G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England) · London : Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson ... and J. Edwards ... · leaf 699
muft notbe omitted, though he wanted tafte, and fell under the lafh of lading fatire,Pope has twice mentioned him : Who builds a bridge, that never drove a pile ?Should Ripley venture, all the world would fmile. And again, And needs no rod but Ripley with a rule. The truth is, politics and… … ARCHITECTS in the REIGN of GEOPvGE II. 485 ugly edifice, and defervedly veiled by Mr. Adams handfome fcreen. YetRipley, in the mechanic part, and in the difpofition of apartments and conve-niencies, was unluckily iuperior to the earl himfelf. Lord Orfords at Hough-ton, of which Campbell gave the…
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