A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 183
painted glass, than to spend much thought on the formof the frames themselves. The poetry of tracery was gone, but it wasnot only in this respect that we miss the poetic feeling of earlier days.The mason was gradually taking the guidance of the work out of thehands of the educated classes, and… … Bk. VI. Ch. III. EXTERNAL PROPORTIONS. 163 France. While Saxon common sense was gradually coming to thesurface in this country and curbing every fancy for which a goodeconomic reason could not be given, the Celtic fancy of our neighborsbroke loose in all the playful vagaries of the flamboyant…
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