Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 100
SE. 87 stability of this form as it is seen at b ; nor would he ever beso with the main contour of a circular base. Observe, we havetaken some trouble to reduce the member Yb into this roundform, and all that we have gained by so doing, is this unsatis-factory and unstable look of the base ; of… … Fig. xii. whole base, considered as the foot of the shaft, has no graspnor hold : it is a club-foot, and looks too blunt for the limb,—it wants at least expansion, if not division. § xii. Suppose, then, instead of taking so much trouble * Yet more so than any other figure enclosed by a curved Hue :…
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