loped in Egypt, seized upon and (like every thing they OF ARCHITECTURE. 185 touched) perfected by the Greeks, and to have descended bytradition for 3000 years, through all the vicissitudes ofRoman, Romanesque, Gothic, and post-Gothic fashions toour own day. A hundred generations of men have now… … Early Gothic GothicShaft. Basement Late GothicPedestal. ModernWall. be no contrast between two things totally dissimilar. Con-sequently, there can be none between two such things as acornice or capital, and the wall or mass below it. Theyhave no point in common. Now, if we can introduce be-tween…
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