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" For could the Arches be otherwise than pointed when the workman was to imitate that curve which branches of two opposite trees make by their intersection with one another ? Or could the Columns be otherwise than split into distinct shafts, when they were... "
Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Ancient Geographical ... - Page 189
by Thomas Maurice - 1806
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The Antiquities of England and Wales, Volume 1

Francis Grose - England - 1782 - 370 pages
...of two opposite trees made by their insertion with one another j or could the columns be otherways than split into distinct shafts, when they were to...spreading ramification of the stone work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one to represent the branches, and the other the leavts...
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Freemason's Magazine, Or General and Complete Library, Volume 2

Freemasonry - 1794 - 518 pages
...imitate that curve which branches make by their intersection with one another: Or could the calamus be otherwise than split into distinct shafts, when they were to represent the stems of a groupe of trees? On tjje same principle was formed the spreading ramification of the stone -work in...
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Essays on Gothic Architecture

Thomas Warton, James Bentham, Francis Grose, John Milner - Architecture - 1808 - 250 pages
...brunches of two opposite trees make by their insertion with one another; or could the columns be otherways than split into distinct shafts when they were to...principles they formed the spreading ramification of the stone-work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one to represent the branches,...
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The History of Lincoln: With an Appendix, Containing a List of the Members ...

Adam Stark - Lincoln (England) - 1810 - 352 pages
...otherwise than split columns, the branching arches, the fretted vaulting, and the cooling breeze, presented into distinct shafts, when they were to represent...spreading ramification of the stone- work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one to represent the branches, and the other the leaves,...
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The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Volume 2

John Dougall - 1810 - 684 pages
...intersection of the branches of two opposite rows of trees? or how could the columns be otherwise then split into distinct shafts, when they were to represent...together? On the same principles they formed the spreading ramifications of the stone work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one...
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The Modern Preceptor ; Or, a General Course of Education, Volume 2

John Dougall - 1810 - 660 pages
...intersection of the branches of two opposite rows of trees ? or how could the columns be otherwise then split into distinct shafts, when they were to represent the stems of a clamp of trees growing close together ? On the same principles they formed the spreading ramifications...
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The Cabinet of Arts: Or, General Instructor in Arts, Science, Trade ...

Hewson Clarke, John Dougall - Drawing - 1817 - 902 pages
...curve made by two opposite trees, by their mutual insertion into one another ? — could the columns be otherwise than split into distinct shafts, when...growing close together ? On the same principles they fonned tne spreading ramifications of the stonework in the windows, and the stained glass m the open...
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A cursory disquisition on the conventual church of Tewkesbury, and its ...

Robert Knight (vicar of Tewkesbury.) - 1818 - 142 pages
...which branches of two opposite trees make by their insertion with one another? or, could the columns be otherwise than split into distinct shafts when...clump of trees growing close together? On the same principle, they formed the spreading ramification of the stone-work in the windows, and the stained...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 372 pages
...which branches of two opposite trees make by their intersection with one another ? Or could the Columns be otherwise than split into distinct shafts, when...? On the same principles they formed the spreading ramifications of the stone-work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one...
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 3

Alexander Pope - 1822 - 370 pages
...which branches of two opposite trees make by their intersection with one another ? Or could the Columns be otherwise than split into distinct shafts, when...? On the same principles they formed the spreading ramifications of the stone-work in the windows, and the stained glass in the interstices ; the one...
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