Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, G. Allen · leaf 221
houghts offlowing leafage and fiery life, he gives thosethoughts expression for an instant, and thenwithdraws within those massy bars and levelledcusps of stone.* And his power to do this depended altogetheron his retaining the forms of the shadows inhis sight. Far from carrying the eye to… … J. Riiskia K. P. Cuff THE LAMP OF POWER. 177 tracery, (compare Plates IV. and VIII.,) he keptthe cusps within them perfectly flat, decorated,if at all, with a trefoil (Palazzo Foscari), or fillet(Doges Palace), just traceable and no more, sothat the quatrefoil, cut as sharply through themas if it…
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