 | 1854 - 630 страници
...opponents called " heavy," but very sensible and to the purpose ; built for duration. It is only one storey high, and looks as if it had been made for some rich...been a man of humble origin, and a miser. A spectator might imagine that the architect was stopped when about to commence a third storey, in order to save... | |
 | 1906 - 234 страници
...good-sized house, a sort of under-grown mansion, one storey high," which, as Leigh Hunt remarked, looked as if it had been made for some rich old bachelor, who liked to live alone. This was really the case, for it was originally the property of Sir Thomas Colby,... | |
 | 1906 - 234 страници
...good-sized house, a sort of under-grown mansion, one storey high," which, as Leigh Hunt remarked, looked as if it had been made for some rich old bachelor, who liked to live alone. This was really the case, for it was originally the property of Sir Thomas Colby,... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 606 страници
...a good, moderatesized house — a sort of undergrown mansion — which, as Leigh Hunt says, looked as if it " had been made for some rich old bachelor...strong and safe." Such was probably the case, for it was called Colby House, and was the abode of Sir Thomas Colby, of whom Dr. King tells us in his " Anecdotes... | |
 | London Topographical Society - 1906 - 234 страници
...good-sized house, a sort of under-grown mansion, one storey high," which, as Leigh Hunt remarked, looked as if it had been made for some rich old bachelor, who liked to live alone. This was really the case, for it was originally the property of Sir Thomas Colby,... | |
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... singularly so for its style of building, and looking as if it must have been the work of Vanbrugh ; one of whose edifices will be noticed further on. It is just in his " Nononsense" style ; what his opponents called " heavy," but very sensible and... 