 | Benjamin Winkles - 1837 - 396 pagine
...features of the western mask of the building. The interior of the Cathedral, continues Mr. Whewell, is one of the most magnificent spectacles that architectural...mind is filled and elevated by its enormous height, its lofty and many-coloured clerestory, its grand proportions, its noble simplicity. To a person fresh... | |
 | William Whewell - 1842 - 390 pagine
...Amiens, where we are sure of finding something to admire. Amiens. The interior of the cathedral of Amiens is one of the most magnificent spectacles that architectural...mind is filled and elevated by its enormous height, its lofty and many-coloured clerestory, its grand proportions, its noble simplicity. To a person fresh... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1844 - 698 pagine
...Above the portals runs a colossal line of French kings, behind which appears a noble wheel window; and the whole is flanked by two stately but unfinished...is filled and elevated by its enormous height (140 feet), its lofty and many-coloured clerestory, its grand proportions, its noble simplicity. The proportion... | |
 | 1852 - 846 pagine
...force of the establishment. VThe interior is one of the most magnificent spectacles that arclmectnral skill can ever have produc-ed. The mind is filled and elevated by its enormous height, (140 feet,) its lofty and many-colored clerestory, its grand proportions, its noble simplicity. The proportion... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1854 - 678 pagine
...French kings, behind which appears a noble wheel-window ; and the wboîe is flanked by two stately bat unfinished towers. " The interior is one of the most...simplicity. The proportion of height to breadth is almcst double that to which we are accustomed in English cathedrals ; the lofty, solid piers, which... | |
 | Stanford (Edward) ltd - 1862 - 242 pagine
...attention of visitors. Its length is 442 feet, and its height 140 feet. Professor Whewell says of it, "The interior is one of the most magnificent spectacles that architectural skill can over have produced. The mind is filled and elevated by its enormous height, its lofty and many-coloured... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1864 - 768 pagine
...noble wheel-window ; and the whole is flanked by two stately but nnfinished towers. "" The ulterior is one of the most magnificent spectacles that architectural skill can ever have produced. The raiod is filled and elevated by its enormous height (140 ft.), its lofty and many - coloured clerestory,... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1867 - 806 pagine
...which is a noble wheel-window ; and the whole is flanked by two statelyhut unfinished towers. " Tlie interior is one of the most magnificent spectacles...elevated by its enormous height (140 ft.), its lofty anil many -coloured clerestory, its grand proportions, its noble simplicity. The proportion of height... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1867 - 794 pagine
...kings, behind which is a noble wheel-window ; and the whole is flanked by two stately but tin-finished towers. " The interior is one of the most magnificent...architectural skill can ever have produced. The mind is filled aud elevated by its enormous height (140 ft.), its lofty and many - coloured clerestory, its grand... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1869 - 816 pagine
...height, the upper parts of which arc of the 14th cent., and. both higher than the W. towers of York. " The interior is one of the most magnificent spectacles...height to breadth is almost double that to which we arcaccustomed in English cathedrals ; th»lofty, solid piers, which bear up this height, are far more... | |
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The mind is filled and elevated by its enormous height (140 ft.), its lofty and many - coloured clerestory, its grand proportions, its noble simplicity. The proportion of height to breadth is almost double that to which we are accustomed in English cathedrals... 
