London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 106
views: asimple copy will not do; in proof of which, I almost dare assert that, couldone of the noble temples, whose ruins 1 visited at Passtum, be transplanted toone of our open squares, its effect would not be striking, unless greatly ele-vated upon a noble basement of some description, or… … artificial elevation the Glyptotheca possesses nothing: there it is, a building ofone story, nearly flat upon the ground; which, combined with its want of height,is a defect from which all its purity of design can never extricate it. Fig. 30.may give some idea of the style of building, though,…
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