#georgian

True vice, my lady, would frighten us all, if it did not wear the mask of virtue. (p.56) ↗

— Emery Lee

#historical-fiction #romance #historical-romance

If I could create an ideal world, it would be an England with the fire of the Elizabethans, the correct taste of the Georgians, and the refinement and pure ideals of the Victorians. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#could #create #england #fire #georgians

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#both #community #georgian #individual #respected

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#emerges #georgian #hardly #most #remarkable