This is the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built.
This is the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built.
This is the Brougham that worried the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built.
This is the press with its newsman’s horn, that took up the Brougham that worried the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built.
This is the Peerage, all forlorn, that appealed to the press with its newsman’s horn that took up the Brougham that worried the architect that snubbed the Reid that wasted the money laid out on the house that Barry (ought to have) built.
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Punch. 1846.
Notwithstanding all the faults found with Barry’s designs, there are really only four good reasons of complaint. The Houses of Parliament are built on too low a site; they are built in a style of architecture totally unsuited for their purposes, and our climate; they are built of a very perishable stone, which is already crumbling to decay; and the chamber in which the Commons meet is only just large enough to accommodate one-half of the members.
The Water that John Drinks.