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Page vii
... examples of his own country , but to whom those of other lands are known by report alone , and to whom several branches of the subject were total darkness . To Hindoo , Egyptian , or Saracenic architecture I had then given no attention ...
... examples of his own country , but to whom those of other lands are known by report alone , and to whom several branches of the subject were total darkness . To Hindoo , Egyptian , or Saracenic architecture I had then given no attention ...
Page xiii
... examples , and descriptions and illustrations of particular buildings , though of course such works do not bear directly upon the main subject . And there are also numerous works , relating to individual branches of the study , whose ...
... examples , and descriptions and illustrations of particular buildings , though of course such works do not bear directly upon the main subject . And there are also numerous works , relating to individual branches of the study , whose ...
Page xxvii
... examples - choirs of Stafford and Dorchester - French Early Gothic - Romanesque features retained -- Continuous lines - Geome- trical tracery - Lancet style abroad only in Normandy - German Early Gothic - superiority to the French ...
... examples - choirs of Stafford and Dorchester - French Early Gothic - Romanesque features retained -- Continuous lines - Geome- trical tracery - Lancet style abroad only in Normandy - German Early Gothic - superiority to the French ...
Page xxviii
... examples of Gothic - Lichfield- Revived Italian - its worthlessness - perverted skill of some of its profes . sors - School of Wren - St . Paul's - his appreciation of Gothic outlines- Revived Italian towers - successors of Wren ...
... examples of Gothic - Lichfield- Revived Italian - its worthlessness - perverted skill of some of its profes . sors - School of Wren - St . Paul's - his appreciation of Gothic outlines- Revived Italian towers - successors of Wren ...
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... examples are often much affected by the direct influence of Grecian art . All these will require a more or less ... example of such a definite style , the buildings of Egypt form a most important epoch in the his- tory of architecture ...
... examples are often much affected by the direct influence of Grecian art . All these will require a more or less ... example of such a definite style , the buildings of Egypt form a most important epoch in the his- tory of architecture ...
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Page 316 - The moon on the east oriel shone, Through slender shafts of shapely stone, By foliaged tracery combined ; Thou wouldst have thought some fairy's hand, 'Twixt poplars straight the osier wand, In many a freakish knot, had twined; Then framed a spell, when the work was done, And changed the willow-wreaths to stone.
Page 315 - With massive arches broad and round, That rose alternate, row and row, On ponderous columns, short and low, Built ere the art was known, By pointed aisle, and shafted stalk, The arcades of an alleyed walk To emulate in stone. On the deep walls the heathen Dane Had poured his impious rage in vain ; And needful was such strength to these, EXposed t'o the tempestuous seas, Scourged by the winds...