...Gasca0 President of Peru; and Socrates0 may go likewise amongst them; with others. 45. OF BUILDING0 HOUsEs are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity,0 except where both may be had. Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to...

...upon by French architects, whose influence often extended beyond the borders of their own country. 'Houses are built to live in, and not to look on; therefore let use be preferred before uniformity,' wrote Francis Bacon in his essay Of Building?77 'Decoration ... is undoubtedly most interesting in...

...Leave the goodly fabrics of houses, for beauty only, to the enchanted palaces of the poets; who built them with small cost. He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat, committeth himself to prison. [. . .] I say you cannot have a perfect palace except you have two several sides; a side for the banquet,...

...part you shall find never a good; and yet altogether do well. F. BACON, ibid., XLV. ON BUILDING 21 . Houses are built to live in, and not to look on ;...palaces of the poets, who build them with small cost. 4. The Aesthetics of Spain and Poland I. LOPE DE VEGA By laying the foundations of the modern novel,...

...included building among his advice on themes of modern life, including marriage, nobility, and travel. "Houses are built to live in, and not to look on;...fair house, upon an ill seat, committeth himself to prison."53 For John Donne, echoing Alberti, the Divine order itself was comparable to the design method...