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Paris in old and present times (1885)

Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 254

An illustration from Paris in old and present times, 1885, leaf 254
ve the lowest windowstriglyphs are introduced,, and all the rest of the orna-mentation is so angular that they do not seem out ofplace. With its exceedingly perfect finish, and itsabundance of plain little details, the outside of St. Eus-tache reminds one of nothing so much as a masterpieceof… … INTERIOR OF ST. ETIENNE DU MONT. St Eustache^ St. Etienne^ and St Sulpice. 165 fectly harmonious. The reason is that every borrowedidea has been so modified as to combine with everyother. The interior has one transcendent merit, and severalobvious defects. The merit is an overpowering sub-hmity due…

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