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Paris in old and present times (1885)

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 116

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ite certain. An architect is not likea landscape-painter who draws by the eye, and mayaccidentally make one object smaller than anotherwhen he intended them to be alike. An architectmeasures everything, so that, so far as dimensions areconcerned, there can never be an undetected error inhis… … PIER AND ONE OF THE DOORS OF THE PORTE STE. ANNE. Notre Dame and the Sainte Chape lie. 67 may have been to give better access to the bishopsresidence, which was on that side, but the hypothesisis unnecessary. The difference is sufficiently explainedby the dislike for exact repetition, which is a…

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