Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 36
houses in their neighborhood.So the greater decorative enrichments of modern build-ings have often made an older edifice look poor, asWestminster Hall was externally annihilated by thepanelled walls of the new palace, and the old Tuileriesmade to look poverty-stricken beside the massive orna-ments… … Introduction. 15 confined to cities only; an old building of moderatedimensions, even in the country, may be reduced tonothing by a large new one erected near enough to itfor comparison. They tell me that a great hotel hasbeen set up very near Kilchurn Castle. The only tol-erable thing near the…
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