Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York: John Wiley · leaf 81
h it, and it is inthis I imagine that some of ourmodern architects suppose the great merit of those buildings toconsist. There is, however, no excuse for errors in dispositionof masonry, for there is but one law upon the subject, and thateasily complied with, to avoid all affectation and all… … construction. V. THE WALL VEIL. 63 sions of a church are much like the divisions of a sermon; theyare always right so long as they are necessary to edification, andalways wrong when they are thrust upon the attention as divi-sions only. There may be neatness in carving when there isrichness in…
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