London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 395
a con-dition to take care of themselves. Improved Shop Front.— I approve of the general principle set forth in thearticle in p. 11.3., on improving shop fronts, but consider that the blocks ter-minating the cornice ought not to be supported by brackets resting upon thepilasters ; as the architrave… … this main beam, and consequently ought to have a firm and long bearing ateach end : now, with respect to the arrangement adopted, it may, perhaps, besaid, that the architrave has a firm bearing, the brackets being only attached Retrospective Criticism, 383 to its face, and not taking its situation…
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