Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s7.t6.14

v2.c27.s7.t6.14

The mind, after all, retires dissatisfied : with me it might be from association. Even the gateway, however elegant, is unsuitable to the genius of the place. Separately considered, they are each magnificent ; together, it is as if a modern sculptor were (like our actors of the last age) to adorn the head of Cato with a peruke. I left this precious relic, with a malediction upon all the spoilers of art—whether the Thane who pillaged Minerva’s portico at Athens, or the Turk who dilapidated the Jain temple at Ajmer.¹