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The stones of Venice : v.2, the sea-stories (1853)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London : Smith, Elder · leaf 252

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ost exquisite pieces of flamboyant Gothic in theworld ; and it is interesting to see the shield introduced here,at the point of the gable, in exactly the same manner as in theupper example, and with precisely the same purpose,—to staythe eye in its ascent, and to keep it from being offended bythe…

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