Curious questions in history, literature, art, and social life : designed as a manual of general information (1890)
Killikelly, Sarah H · Philadelphia : Keystone Pub. Co. · leaf 404
lileosLamp because, it is stated, the swaying of this lamp sug-gested to him the movement of the pendulum. TheCathedral, like the Tower, has a perceptible inclination.Ruskin draws attention to the leaning of the facade.He says ( Lamp of Life ) : The whole west front literally overhangs (I have not… … CURIOUS QUESTIONS. 357 wall shows that the inclination had begun when the first story wasbuilt. Another author calls attention to the deviation of hori-zontal lines: It will be seen that the dark stripes of the wall (dark greenmarble), although broken abruptly downward at the fifth arch fromthe…
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