Simpson, F. M. (Frederick Moore), 1855-1928 · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 87
of others, are not due entirelyto lapse of time, great though that is, to municipal changes, or tostructural faults. The method of construction adopted, the materialsused, and the area and strength of the supports would, underordinary circumstances, have ensured their preservation, in mostcases, to… … 6o A HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT. down by the Greeks themselves,after the retreat of their enemy, asunworthy of their increased powerand greatness. Earthquakes atdifferent times levelled many more ;the overturned columns still lyingon the ground exactly as they fell.Several of the larger…
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