 | 1800 - 788 Seiten
...fur mounts thcfe walls, and the elegant fweep that contracts them to ihe fize of the great eaftcrn window ; the two gorgeous canopies, which crown the extreme turrets» and the profufion of elegant carved work, that covers the whole eaft front, laboring up to a point, where we... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1805 - 698 Seiten
...walls; the rich open battlement, which surmounts these walls; and the elegant sweep that contracts them to the size of the great eastern window ; the...turrets; and the profusion of elegant carved work which covers the whole east front, tapering up to a point, where we view the breathing statue of the... | |
 | John Milner - 1809 - 320 Seiten
...which furmounts thefe walls, and the elegant fweep that contracts them to the fize of the great eaftern window, the two gorgeous canopies which crown the extreme turrets, and the profufion of elegant carved work that covers the whole eaft front, tapering up to a point, where we... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1814 - 548 Seiten
...walls 5 the rich open battlement which surmounts these walls ; and the elegant sweep that contracts them to the size of the great eastern window : the...canopies which crown the extreme turrets, and the proftrsion of elegant carved work that covers the whole east front, tapering up to a point, where we... | |
 | 1823 - 592 Seiten
...directly opposed to every principle from which Gothic architecture takes its sublime character ; and as to the " profusion of elegant carved work that covers the whole east front," I can only say there seemed to me an astonishing dearth of invention in the multitudinous repetition... | |
 | 1823 - 592 Seiten
...directly opposed to every principle from which Gothic architecture takes its sublime character ; and as to the " profusion of elegant carved work that covers the whole east front," I can only say there seemed to me an astonishing dearth of invention in the multitudinous repetition... | |
 | William Savage - 1869 - 150 Seiten
...walls ; the rich, open battlement which surmounts these walls, and the elegant sweep that contracts them to the size of the great eastern window ; the...the whole east front, tapering up to a point, where is to be seen the statue of the Founder, resting on his chosen emblem, the pelican. Neglected as this... | |
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... them to the size of the great- eastern window ; " the two gorgeous canopies which crown the .extreme " turrets, and the profusion of elegant carved work " that covers the whole east front, tapering up to a " point, where we view the breathing statue... 