Du Cane, Florence, Du Cane, Ella · London : Adams & Charles Black · leaf 164
cribed; the effect would be grotesque and allsense of true proportion lost. How imposing isthe great gate standing in its setting of pines, inspring softened by the cherry blossom which showshere and there between them. A long dizzy flightof stone steps leads up to the main building of thetemple.… … ■■^■c- TEMPLE GARDENS 85 146 feet long and 114 feet wide. Hardly lessimposing is the assembly hall or room of athousand mats, surrounded by a wooden corridorso constructed that in walking round it thereis produced a sound which is thought to re-semble the singing of the uguisu, the…
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