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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Estes and Lauriat Publishers · leaf 303

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)plied to the slope of X b ; but nowthat X b is divided intothese delicate mouldings,we cannot convenientlyapply the spur to its ii-regular profile ; we mustbe content to set it againstthe lower roll. Let theupper edge of this lowerroll be the curved linehere, a, d;e, b, Fig. LIX.,and c the angle… … Fig. LIX. Vn., will be of some such formLIX. § XI. Now it has just been stated that it is of small impor-tance whether the abstract lines of the profile of a base mould-ing be fine or not, because we rarely stoop down to look atthem. But this triangular spur is nearly always seen fromabove, and the…

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