The Quarterly Review, Volume 246William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Sir William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero Baron Ernle John Murray, 1926 - English literature |
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... means : those clusters of little shafts disappearing at some enormous height into the shadows of the vaulting ; those narrow bays ; those acutely pointed arches , when it could all have been done so much more simply than it is . The ...
... means : those clusters of little shafts disappearing at some enormous height into the shadows of the vaulting ; those narrow bays ; those acutely pointed arches , when it could all have been done so much more simply than it is . The ...
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... means that the critic has no standard of values . ' Soanian Greek , ' for example , as a description of Soane's manner of design , is about as wide of the mark as it is possible for a description to be . Jules Hardouin Mansart did not ...
... means that the critic has no standard of values . ' Soanian Greek , ' for example , as a description of Soane's manner of design , is about as wide of the mark as it is possible for a description to be . Jules Hardouin Mansart did not ...
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... means to ends , the skilful ordering of materials in the endeavour to realise ' commodity ' and ' firmness ' as well as ' delight . ' Mr Scott's classification and his theory of architecture are attractive in their daring and simplicity ...
... means to ends , the skilful ordering of materials in the endeavour to realise ' commodity ' and ' firmness ' as well as ' delight . ' Mr Scott's classification and his theory of architecture are attractive in their daring and simplicity ...
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... mean the point of view of the finer minds of the Renaissance ; sometimes simply human nature . Humanism , as I understand it , means the open tolerant mind , unfettered by dogmatic authority , that finds its interest in all the finer ...
... mean the point of view of the finer minds of the Renaissance ; sometimes simply human nature . Humanism , as I understand it , means the open tolerant mind , unfettered by dogmatic authority , that finds its interest in all the finer ...
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... mean , and the final impression is that of melancholy effort to conceal fallen greatness by a sham . Stra and the Pisani , how are the mighty fallen ! Baroque architecture is at its worst in Spain and Portugal , and the countries under ...
... mean , and the final impression is that of melancholy effort to conceal fallen greatness by a sham . Stra and the Pisani , how are the mighty fallen ! Baroque architecture is at its worst in Spain and Portugal , and the countries under ...
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