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

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London : Smith, Elder · leaf 256

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-, perhaps, be useful to the general reader,if, in conclusion, I set down a few plain and practical rulesfor determining, in every instance, whether a given buildingbe good Gothic or not, and, if not Gothic, whether its archi-tecture is of a kind which will probably reward the pains ofcareful… … Fig. XX 228 THE STONES OF VENICE. wrong; the building is not quite pure Gothic, or has beenaltered. § cvin. Secondly. Look if the principal windows and doorshave pointed arches with gables over them. If not pointedarches, the buildiug is not Gothic ; if they have not an} gablesover them, it is…

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