Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 337
ive law, that notwisted shaft shall be single, but composed of at least twodistinct members, twined with each other. I suppose theyfollowed their own right feeling in doing this, and had neverstudied natural shafts ; but the type they might have followedwas caught by one of the few great painters… … Fig. lxii. THE CORNICE AND CAPITAL. 299 suddenly introduced one of the shape given in Fig. LXILMany forest tree? present, in their accidental contortions,types of most complicated spiral shafts, the plan being origi-nally of a grouped shaft rising from several roots ; nor,indeed,will the reader…
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