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" Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and our walls thickness, I know not how we can blame our architects for their feebleness in more important work... "
Rudimentary Treatise on the Principles of Design in Architecture as ... - Page 94
by Edward Lacy Garbett - 1876 - 247 pages
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin - 1857 - 234 pages
...market towns of Kent ! Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and...thickness, I know not how we can blame our architects for then- feebleness in more important work ; their eyes are inured to narrowness and slightness : can...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1859 - 504 pages
...they fall and where they fade. Until our street architecture is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess and...architects for their feebleness in more important works. Their eyes are inured to narrowness and slightness ; can we expect them at a word to conceive...
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Selections from the Writings of John Ruskin

John Ruskin - 1868 - 506 pages
...market towns of Kent! Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and our walls thickness, I know not how we are to blame our architects for their feebleness in more important work ; their eyes are inured to...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion: Selected ...

John Ruskin, Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1872 - 500 pages
...they fall and where they fade. Until our screet architecture is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess and...our walls thickness, I know not how we can blame our archi tects for their feebleness in more important works. Their eyes are inured to narrowness and slightnoss;...
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The True and the Beautiful in Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion

John Ruskin - 1872 - 500 pages
...they fall and where they fade. Until our street architecture is bettered, until we give Jt some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess and...our walls thickness, I know not how we can blame our arohi tects for their feebleness in more important works. Their eyes are inured to narrowness and slightness;...
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin - 1874 - 246 pages
...market towns of Kent ! Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and our walls thickness, I know not how we am blame our architects for their feebleness in more important work ; their eyes are inured to narrowness...
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Lessons from My Masters, Carlyle, Tennyson and Ruskin

Peter Bayne - 1879 - 470 pages
...for our cathedrals. " Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and...word to conceive, and deal with, breadth and solidity ?" The fourth is the lamp of Beauty, and in the chapter dcvoted to its illustration he maintains that,...
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LESSONS FROM MY MASTERS CARLYLE TENNYSON AND RUSKIN

PETER BAYNE, M.A., LL.D - 1879 - 564 pages
...for our cathedrals. " Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and...to conceive, and deal with, breadth and solidity?" The fourth is the lamp of Beauty, and in the chapter clevoted to its illustration he maintains that,...
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The Seven Lamps of Architecture

John Ruskin - 1880 - 508 pages
...market towns of Kent ! Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and...architects for their feebleness in more important work ; Iheir eyes are inured to narrowness and slightness : can we expect them at a word to conceive and...
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The Works of John Ruskin: The seven lamps of architecture. Lectures on ...

John Ruskin - 1889 - 786 pages
...market towns of "Kent ! Until that street architecture of ours is bettered, until we give it some size and boldness, until we give our windows recess, and...important work ; their eyes are inured to narrowness and sh'ghtness : can we expect them at a word to conceive and deal with breadth and solidity ? They ought...
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