Letters of an architect, from France, Italy, and Greece (1828)
Woods, Joseph, 1776-1864 · London, J. and A. Arch · leaf 295
t tolerable, but if this lofty wall had been set back behind the twostories of little arches, instead of standing upon them, it would have beena very noble production. To recapitulate then, the leading points ofmy observations on this famous Place, its effect is produced by the im-pression of power… … 262 GREAT CANAL. Take away the appearance of riches and power, and nothmg remains ;take away the justness of proportion, and you would have nothing thatpleases. The union of the two is necessary to produce the impressionwhich every body feels, and nobody can tell why. Some persons are ofopinion…
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