 ... or limited ideas ; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments, his narration at once becomes unintelligible. The terms, indeed, generally...  The Idler - Page 100by Samuel Johnson - 1767Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 442 pages
...common, but they convey no diftinct or limited ideas ; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...few; but they are little underftood only becaufe few, few, that look upon an edifice, examine its para, or analyfe its columns into their members. The ftate... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 432 pages
...common, but they convey no diftinct or limited ideas; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...becaufe they are underftood by few; but they are little undejftood only becaufe few, that look upon an edifice, examine its parts, or analyfe its columns into... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 430 pages
...common, but they convey no diftinct or limited ideas ; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...generally difpleafe, becaufe they are underftood by few 3 but they are little underftood only becaufe few, that look upon an edifice, examine its parts, or... | |
 | 1787 - 528 pages
...common, but they convey no diltinct or limited ideas; if he attempts, without the term» of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...his narration at once becomes unintelligible. The tenus, indteil, generally dilpleafe, becaufe they are underftood by few¡ but they are little undurltood... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...common, but they convey no dilHiiu or limited ideas; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...becomes unintelligible. The terms, indeed, generally difpleale, becaufe they are underftood by few ; but they are little underftood only, becaufe few thai... | |
 | 1797 - 522 pages
...ideas; if be attempts, without the terms of architc&art, to delineate the parts, or enume'•-'.<: the ornaments, his narration at once becomes unintelligible....terms, indeed, generally difpleafe, becaufe they are imderftood by few ; but they are little underitood only, becaufe few that look upon sn edifice examine... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 432 pages
...but they convey no diftinct or limited ideas ; if he attempts, \vithout the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...difpleafe, becaufe they are underftood by few; but tjiey are little underftood only becaufe few, that look upon an edifice, examine its parts, or analyfe... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 222 pages
...common, but they convey no distinct or limited ideas; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...becomes unintelligible. The terms, indeed, generally displease, because they are understood by few ; but they are little understood only because few that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 pages
...common, but they convey no distinct or limited ideas ; if he attempts, without the terms of architecture, to delineate the parts, or enumerate the ornaments,...becomes unintelligible. The terms, indeed, generally displease, because they are understood by few; but they are little understood only because few, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...distinct or limited ideas : if he attempts without the terms of architecture, to delineate the partsj or enumerate the ornaments, his narration at once...becomes unintelligible. The terms, indeed, generally displease, because they are understood by few ; but they are little understood, only because few that... | |
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