Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 264
lyaided by a little turret with pepper-box roof low downto the left. To a taste educated in the severe traditioneither of Greek or of pure Gothic such a combinationas this must seem indefensible, yet it is at the same timeelegant and picturesque. It may be proved, by reason-ing, to be incongruous;… … THE CHURCH OF ST. SULPICE. S^. Eustache^ St. Etienne^ and St. Sulpice. 171 The Church of St. Sulpice is very imposing from itsdimensions and the sober massiveness of its construc-tion, but it has none of the charm which belongs to thetwo edifices we have just been studying. The front iscomposed of…
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