Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 85
separate stones ; nobody will ever objectto seeing that it is so, but nobody wants to count them. Thedivisions of a church are much like the divisions of a sermon ;they are always right so long as they are necessary to edifica-tion, and always wrong when they are thrust upon the attentionas… … CHAPTER VI. THE WALL COKNICE. § i. We have lastly to consider the close of the walls exist-ence, or its cornice. It was above stated, that a cornice hasone of two offices : if the wall have nothing to carry, thecornice is its roof, and defends it from the weather ; if thereis weight to be carried…
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