The cathedrals of England and Wales. First-[third] series (1905)
Bumpus, Thomas Francis · New York, J. Pott · leaf 61
thic architecture is but an enduring C 34 CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND expression of the Christian faith is a trite, but nottherefore less true remark. Without faith, art, if itenjoys an artificial existence, is but a mockery of itsbetter self, and therefore with the restoration of faithhas progressed the… … CHAPTER II DURHAM As the train, northward bound, emerges from thetunnel just before entering the station at Durham,the first sight of its cathedral—that renowned andancient seat of piety and learning—that exemplarof all that is solemn and grand in early post-Conquest architecture, and standing in…
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