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... marked by his accession - his Chapel - his tomb— Italianisms first introduced on tombs - causes for this - perfection of the earliest forms of sepulchral architecture - its gradual declension - The suppression of monasteries - its ...
... marked by his accession - his Chapel - his tomb— Italianisms first introduced on tombs - causes for this - perfection of the earliest forms of sepulchral architecture - its gradual declension - The suppression of monasteries - its ...
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... marked in those productions whose origin and seat are wholly in the mind , and of which the senses are nothing more than conditions of their communi- cation to others , as in those which are altogether confined to a sensible expression ...
... marked in those productions whose origin and seat are wholly in the mind , and of which the senses are nothing more than conditions of their communi- cation to others , as in those which are altogether confined to a sensible expression ...
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... marked out and recognized ; his foliage might be less boldly carved , his columns less smoothly hewn , than his neighbour's , but he could hardly fail in the general proportions either of the whole portico or of its component parts ...
... marked out and recognized ; his foliage might be less boldly carved , his columns less smoothly hewn , than his neighbour's , but he could hardly fail in the general proportions either of the whole portico or of its component parts ...
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... marked lines immediately over the columns , the horizontal ribs , so to speak - have been considered as imitations of the beams of a wooden roof . Yet there seems to be no necessity for this supposition ; it is evidently much more ...
... marked lines immediately over the columns , the horizontal ribs , so to speak - have been considered as imitations of the beams of a wooden roof . Yet there seems to be no necessity for this supposition ; it is evidently much more ...
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... marked by ribs . The apse is filled with the shrine of the deity of the place , covered with diabolical sculptures , and crowned with the bulbous top to be hereafter mentioned . This , which is manifestly the centre - point of devotion ...
... marked by ribs . The apse is filled with the shrine of the deity of the place , covered with diabolical sculptures , and crowned with the bulbous top to be hereafter mentioned . This , which is manifestly the centre - point of devotion ...
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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...