 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1680 - 410 pages
...be preferred before Uniformity,* except where both may be had. Leave the goodly Fabricks of Hmfes, for Beauty only, to the Enchanted Palaces of the Poets, who build them with fmall coft. He that builds a fair Houfe upon an ill Seat , committeth himfelf to Prifon. Neither do... | |
 | Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...flourish upon your various lections. IBID. D BUILDINGS. HOUSES were built to live in, and not to look 011; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity,...the poets, who build them with small cost. He that buildeth a fair house upon an ill seat, committeth himself to prison. Neither do I: reckon it an ill... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...displease : the faults arc obvious; and the difficulty of doing better is known to the artist only.* * " Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;..." use be preferred before uniformity, except where boih may be had." f Nothing can be more evident, than that the form of a dwelling-house ought to be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Conduct of life - 1818 - 312 pages
...jEsop, Gasca President of Peru ; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. Of .H OUSES are built to live in, and not to look on : therefore...preferred before uniformity, except where both may be hud. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets, who... | |
 | Sir John Sinclair - Electronic books - 1818 - 684 pages
...107. • Varro, de RR lib. 1, cap. 12. J Columella, lib. 1, c. 5. Lord Bacon, in his Essays, says, " he that " builds a fair house upon an ill seat, committeth...himself to prison ; neither " do I reckon it an ill scat where the air ii unwholesome, but likewise " where it is unequal; as you nhall see many fine seats... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pages
...Gasca President of Peru ; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. <Df tiuilftf ng. -HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on : therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, excqpt where both may be had. Leave the OF BUILDING. J69 goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...Gasca president of Peru ; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. ., XLV. OF BUILDING. HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on ;...the goodly fabrics of houses for beauty only, to the inehanted palaces of the poets : who build them with small cost. He that builds a fair house upon an... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...Gasca, president of Peru; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. - XLVI. OF BUILDING. HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on ;...therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except whefe both may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...Gasca president of Peru ; and Socrates may go likewise amongst them, with others. XLV. OF BUILDING. HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on ; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, ex- . cept where both may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses for beauty only, to the inchanted... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Aesthetics - 1819 - 434 pages
...displease : the: laults are obvious : and the difficulty of doing better is known to the artist only.* * " Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;...therefore let use be " preferred before uniformity, efceept where both may be had." Nothing can be more evident) than that the form of a dwelling-house... | |
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HOUSES are built to live in, and not to look on ; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets; who build them with small cost.... 
