Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 144
zes, one very long and large, andtwo smaller, and three smaller still, of which the reader is tochoose which he likes best, in order to connect the tops of theshafts. I suppose he will first try if he can lift the great stone a,and if he can, he will put it very simply on the tops of the… … FlG. XXIX. pose I will not give it to him, but only the two smaller stonesat b, b; he will doubtless try to put them up, tilted againsteach other, as at d. Very awkward this ; worse than card-house building. But if he cuts off the corners of the stones.Vol. I.—9 130 THE STONES OF VENICE. so as to…
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