The history and rudiments of architecture; embracing, I. The orders of architecture; II. Architectural styles of various countries; III. The nature and principles of design in architecture; and, IV. An accurate and complete glossary of architectural terms .. (1853)
Bullock, John, ed · New York, Stringer & Townsend · leaf 245
n, and circle) be kept in that style so equal-ly prominent as they are here ? none prevailing over and disguising the others.The cross, and especially the square, would hardly appear but for the entablature,which could not be replaced by any Gothic feature that should have sufficient im-portance… … OF ARCHITECTURE. 239 when his first design for his great work was obliged to beabandoned, (it is said with tears,) and the form and propor-tions of a Gothic cathedral substituted, he recurred to thisarrangement as the chief source of its originality and gran-deur. Strange to say, this invention, so…
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