London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 562
al lines of crag are never grouped, and accordingly, by ourfourth rule, the prevailing lines of our edifice must be horizontal.In Jig. 186., which is a village half-way up the Lake of Thun, thetendency of the hills is vertical; this tendency is repeated by thebuildings, and the composition becomes… … -cv^ ##>f-P ^v , composition is good. But, if the prevailing lines of the near hillsbe curved (and they will be either curved or vertical), we mustnot interrupt their character, for the energy is then pervading,not individual; and, therefore, our edifice must be rectangular.In both cases,…
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