 Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted the fine arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather.  The Century: 1887 - 第 647 頁1887完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Lydia L. Gordon - 1889 - 470 頁
...brooded over it, was his own architect. A distinguished marquis of France, travelling in America, wrote: "Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." In this Italian villa, surrounded by ornamental grounds, one hundred and fifty miles from the sea,... | |
 | John Fiske - 1897 - 460 頁
...might be chests and a bed; tbe 1 The Marquis de Chastellux, who visited Monticello in 1782, says: " We may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." See Randall's Life of Jefferson, i.373. 2 Lee of Virginia, p. 116. others were simply bedrooms. Beds... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth - 1900 - 330 頁
...short description is only to show the difference between this and the other houses of the country ; for we may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first...know how he should shelter himself from the weather. " But it is on himself alone I ought to bestow my time. Let me describe to you a man, not yet forty,... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1901 - 458 頁
...description is only to show 98 the difference between this and the other houses of the country, for we may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." The Duke la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, lieutenant-general of France, and once president of the National... | |
 | John Fiske - 1902 - 556 頁
...than now, as they are now more 1 The Marquis de Chastellux, who visited Monticello in 1782, says : "We may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." See Randall's Life of Jefferson, i. 373. 2 Lee of Virginia, p. 1 1 6. commonly used in chilly England... | |
 | 1903 - 672 頁
...contemplate the universe." And the same writer observed in 1782 that Jefferson was the first American who had consulted the fine arts to know how he should shelter himself from the weather. It would be difficult to picture a more delightful panorama than that which unrolls before Monticello... | |
 | John Shelton Patton - 1906 - 408 頁
...what his taste demanded? "Mr. Jefferson," wrote the Marquis de Chastellux in describing Monticello, "is the first American who has consulted the fine...know how he should shelter himself from the weather." Nor was his architectural hobby a result of his sojourn in France. A decade before he crossed the ocean... | |
 | Edith Tunis Sale - 1909 - 416 頁
...in its erection. A distinguished guest at Monticello in 1782, the Marquis de Chastellux, wrote : " We may safely aver that Mr. Jefferson is the first...American who has consulted the fine arts to know how to shelter himself from the weather." And doubtless the Frenchman was entirely correct, for the classic... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1911 - 908 頁
...communicate with the kitchen offices, etc., that form a kind of basement underneath a terrace. . . . Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted...know how he should shelter himself from the weather. Monticello's chief interest for the architect is that it makes a three-story house MONTICELLO. JEFFERSON'S... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1911 - 1028 頁
...communicate with the kitchen offices, etc., that form a kind of basement underneath a terrace. . . . Mr. Jefferson is the first American who has consulted the fine arts to know how7 he should shelter himself from the weather. Monticello's chief interest for the architect is that... | |
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