The Quarterly Review, Volume 69William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1841 - English literature |
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Page 131
... arch was the last and most fatal blow to the simplicity of Grecian architecture . The seeds of destruction , ' says Dr. Whewell most justly , were sown in the system of classical architecture as soon as the arch was in- troduced . For ...
... arch was the last and most fatal blow to the simplicity of Grecian architecture . The seeds of destruction , ' says Dr. Whewell most justly , were sown in the system of classical architecture as soon as the arch was in- troduced . For ...
Page 143
... arch , and running up into a rich finial , as in the tombs in Hereford Cathedral , is one of the most exquisite constructions of Gothic art . Even when in- troduced by itself , as the line which throws up a canopy , as in some few ...
... arch , and running up into a rich finial , as in the tombs in Hereford Cathedral , is one of the most exquisite constructions of Gothic art . Even when in- troduced by itself , as the line which throws up a canopy , as in some few ...
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... arch supported by pillars , instead of piers , is so meagre and unsatisfactory ; and hence the impossibility , even with the aid of the arch , to avoid encumbering the exterior , which we cover in , with heavy masses of support . We are ...
... arch supported by pillars , instead of piers , is so meagre and unsatisfactory ; and hence the impossibility , even with the aid of the arch , to avoid encumbering the exterior , which we cover in , with heavy masses of support . We are ...
Contents
Collection des Mémoires relatifs à lHistoire de France | 3 |
Objections to and Remarks upon Mr Sergeant Tal | 7 |
Incidents of Travel in Central America Chiapas | 52 |
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