Jones, Owen, 1809-1874 · London : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 55
INSCRIPTIONS. 53 “ Truly so many are the beauties of every kind that inscriptions, we enfold, that even the stars in heaven come down to borrow their light from us. ‘ ‘ And how can it be otherwise ; when we are built by the command of a King whose illustrious deeds and commendable actions are… … would be worn, as it is the custom of the Orientals to leave them always at the entrance of an apartment. Their true destination is well indicated by the various inscriptions round them ; they were for the purpose of containing porous bottles ever filled with water, a charitable luxury for warm…
