 Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into a staircase, or spring into a spire, with undegraded grace and unexhausted energy...  The ten chief courts of the Sydenham palace - Page 156by Crystal palace - 1854 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Allon - 1853 - 628 pages
...Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, ' hreadth of arch, or disposition of ground-plan, it can shrink into ' a turret, expand into a hall, coil into a staircase, or spring into ' a spire, with undegradcd grace, and unexhausted energy : suhtle ' and flexible, like a fiery serpent, hut ever attentive... | |
 | Ecclesiological society - 1853 - 942 pages
...Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into...purpose, it submits to it without the slightest sense of lots either to its unity or majesty,—subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive... | |
 | 1853 - 512 pages
...end of art is misunderstood. We marked a good passage in the section on the Ch ingefulness of Gothic. its form or purpose. it submits to it without the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, bnt erer attentive to the voice of the charmer.... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1854 - 104 pages
...Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into...the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer.... | |
 | Robert Scott Burn - 1857 - 138 pages
...grouping, and in the proportions resultant from its grouping. * * * Gothic architecture being undefined, can either shrink into a turret, expand into a hall,...the slightest sense of loss, either to its unity or majesty — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer."... | |
 | Sir George Gilbert Scott - 1857 - 330 pages
...Undefined in the slope of its roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground-plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into...energy ; and whenever it finds occasion for change in form or purpose, it submits to it without the slightest sense of loss, either in its unity or majesty,... | |
 | John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 pages
...Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into...the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer.... | |
 | 1860 - 966 pages
...testimony to the exhaustless riches of that style which can " expand into a hall or shrink iuto a turret, coil into a staircase or spring into a spire, with undegraded grace and unexhausted energy : subtle, flexible, like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer." Many had... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1867 - 458 pages
...Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into...the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty,— subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer.... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...Undefined in its slope of roof, height of shaft, breadth of arch, or disposition of ground plan, it can shrink into a turret, expand into a hall, coil into...the slightest sense of loss either to its unity or majesty, — subtle and flexible like a fiery serpent, but ever attentive to the voice of the charmer.... | |
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