The Cathedrals of England and Wales : their history, architecture, and associations ; with a series of Rembrandt plates and many illustrations in the text (1906)
London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 205
the long lines of walls, roof, and floor are broughttogether, with an effect surpassing in solemn grandeur, as some think,any composition in which one vast window, as at York or Carlisle, isthe chief feature. Tall and narrow arches carry the eye upwards, andgive an impression of loftiness which… … A BIT OF THE OCTAGON. Ely.] THE NAVE AND ITS AISLES. 179 through the porch, rises the great tower. Its second and third stagesare open to the pavement, and are adorned with arcading; its woodenceiling has been painted witli great taste and skill by an accomplishedamateur, Mr. Le Strange, of…
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