Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 86
ed is adorned the most; since the sim-plest article when perfectly constructed is already ornamented in a way,while no ornament at all is preferable to any exuberance and wealth ofthat into which the conscience of art has not entered. THE GOTHIC STYLE. 81 XIII. THE GOTHIC STYLE. n^HE Gothic was the… … Mediaeval Gothic Hall. style has become a matter of universal pride and research. The Gothic,if not indigenous to England, took such root there that it became national;and such study has it received that its course is very plainly to be traced.Of course, in a land where mediaeval castles crown…
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