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" Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin for ; but the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view ; it was five little designs on paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles. "
The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 284
1814
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London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive ..., Volume 2

Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1814 - 924 pages
...abstruse and scientific subjects. In the year 1665 he made a journey to France, for the purĀ» pose of making observations in the science of Architecture....prepared his designs for the reparations of St. Paul's, anrl, after the dreadful conflagration of London, in September td'd'd'.t was appointed Surveyor-General...
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London and Middlesex, Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive ..., Volume 2

Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - London (England) - 1814 - 936 pages
...journey to France, for the purpose of making observations in the science of Architecture. The Palacflr-of the Louvre was then building, upwards of a thousand...the dreadful conflagration of London, in September l(J66,t was appointed Surveyor-General and principal Architect for rebuilding the whole City. His noble...
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The British Critic: A New Review, Volume 20

William Beloe, Thomas Fanshaw Middleton, William Rowe Lyall, Robert Nares - Books - 1823 - 700 pages
...found by some or other ready designed to my hand, in which I have spent both labour and some money. Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given...but a few minutes' view ; it was five little designs on paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles. I had only time to copy it in my fancy...
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The British Magazine, Or, Miscellany of Polite Literature ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1823 - 508 pages
...spent both labour and some money. Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin* for; hut the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view; it was five little designs on paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles. 1 had only time to copy it in my fancy...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and ..., Volume 4

Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1831 - 386 pages
...surveyed, and that I might not lose the impressions of them, I shall bring you almost all France on paper. Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given...little designs in paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles : I had only time to copy it in my fancy and VOL. IV. N memory." At this...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and ..., Volume 4

Allan Cunningham - Architects - 1831 - 438 pages
...bring you almost all France on paper. Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin /or, but the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes...little designs in paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles : I had only time to copy it in my fancy and voL. Iv. N memory." At this...
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Lives of Eminent Persons

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 606 pages
...I have found by some or other ready designed, and on which I have spent both labour and some money. Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given...reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view. It was a fine little draught on five pieces of paper, for which he had received as many thousand pistoles....
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Lives of Eminent Persons: Consisting of Galileo, Kepler, Newton, Mahomet ...

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - Biography - 1833 - 584 pages
...found by some or other ready designed, and on which I have spent both labour and some money. Uernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skin for...reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view. It was a fine little draught on five pieces of paper, for which he had received as many thousand pistoles....
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Lives of eminent persons; consisting of Galileo, Kepler

Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...I have spent both labour and some money. Bernini's design of the Louvre I would have given my skiu for ; but the old reserved Italian gave me but a few minutes' view. It was a fine little draught on five pieces of paper, for which he had received as many thousand pistoles....
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The Pictorial History of England: Being, a History of the People ..., Volume 6

George Lillie Craik - Great Britain - 1841 - 540 pages
...invited from Rome to furnish designs for the Louvre. " Bernini's design for the Louvre," says Wren, '' I would have given my skin for ; but the old reserved...little designs in paper, for which he hath received as many thousand pistoles. I had only time to copy it in my fancy and memory." This journey of Wren's...
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