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0I>INION8 ox L.
77
^ewb68bur^," eoneeive8 tbat tbe varietie8 of 8t^le in our ancient building " ratber
A/'ett- ottt o/' o^//6?', according to tins advancement of tbe nation in wealtb, in
8cience, and in ta8te, in8tead of tbeir bavins, 86verall)t, bad a origin, and
beinA eaeb of tbem L^r A'eE^'§." He proceed8 to 8U8tain tbi8 opinion b^ tbe
following argument " In8tead of tbe reverie of fane^ tbere i8 a eon8i8tent ebain
of deduction in 8uppc>8inA tbat tbe HomaN8, bavins expelled ^ubju^ated?^ tbe
Lriton8, mi^bt bave banded down to tbe earlie8t eolonist8 wbom tbe^ left bebind,
tbe obviou8 U868 of tbe areb, exhibited in all t/?er> 8tructur68, wbieb tbe 8ax0N8
faitbfull^ copied—tbat tlie I^orman8, after 8ueee88ive d^na8tie8 bavins obtained
pO88688ion of tbe kingdom, would build on a grander 8eale, in proportion a8 tbe^
became more opulent and relined ; and tbat, dually, tlie /^or/r/eti would recom-
mend it8elf to tlie adoption of a people 8tudiou8 of improvement, a8 tlie rudiment8 ot
it were continually before tbeir 6^68, in tlie inter8eetion of tliO86 circular areli68
wbieb bad been employed, in earlier time8, to relieve tbe beav^ appearance of tbs
wall8. 8axon, l^orman, and Ootbie arebiteeture often dilfer a8 mucb r'-rie-' ^e, a8
tbe^ do from eacb otber, and in man^ ea868 are 80 interwoven and blended witb it,
tbat it i8 almo8t impo88ible to a8certain a line of demarcation between tbem."^
In Nr. " Attempt to di8eriminate tbe 8t^1e8 ofblnAli8b ^.rebi-
tecture " (wbicb ba8 been already referred to in pa^e 38), an elaborate endeavour
ba8 been made to a8eertain and ela88if^ tbe peculiar ebaraeteri8tic8 of our ancient
8^ koliagod traeor^ combinod ;
Idou wouldst davo tdougdt 8OM6 fairy's band,
'Ivvixt poplars straigdt, tdo o^ior ^vand
In man^ a kroadisd dnot dad tvvinod;
Idon trained a spoil, ^vdon tdo word was dono,
^nd cdangod tdo willow wreatds to stono.
Vido " Disquisition," Lc. pp. 7—I I, 1818, 8vo. Lpoading particularly os lowdosbur^, tdo same
writer sa^s, " Losidos Ido Dointod arcd kormod from tdo intorsoetion ot somieircular aredos, Ido nic/t6, tdo
pinnac/c, and tdo Lnttress aro moro tdan sdadowod out in tdo oldost parts ok lowlrosbur^ Odurcd ; tdo
reeoptaclo ok tdo canopiod Virgin ovor tdo ontranco ok tdo pored, renewed probably aktor a design ok mucd
digdor antiquity, das an obvious aidnit^ to tdo 6rst ok tdoso ; tdo ^pinnac/c is to do traced round tdo turrets
ok tdo western ka^ado ; and incipiont duttrossos, cortainl)' ok no great projection, aro discoveradlo on eacd
sido ok tdo angles ok tdo tower ; tdeso last crowned witd pinnacles, wdicd give tdein a still closor resemblance
to tdose wdicd in aktor times were inoro generally adopted." Dore tden no 6nd " tde germ ok man^ ok
tdoso peculiarities vvdicd aro okton ascribed to tdo invention ok tdose wdo deserve onl^ tdo praise ok
adopting, multiplying, and improving idem in tde progress ok ecclesiastical arcditecture." Ibid. p. 37.
77
^ewb68bur^," eoneeive8 tbat tbe varietie8 of 8t^le in our ancient building " ratber
A/'ett- ottt o/' o^//6?', according to tins advancement of tbe nation in wealtb, in
8cience, and in ta8te, in8tead of tbeir bavins, 86verall)t, bad a origin, and
beinA eaeb of tbem L^r A'eE^'§." He proceed8 to 8U8tain tbi8 opinion b^ tbe
following argument " In8tead of tbe reverie of fane^ tbere i8 a eon8i8tent ebain
of deduction in 8uppc>8inA tbat tbe HomaN8, bavins expelled ^ubju^ated?^ tbe
Lriton8, mi^bt bave banded down to tbe earlie8t eolonist8 wbom tbe^ left bebind,
tbe obviou8 U868 of tbe areb, exhibited in all t/?er> 8tructur68, wbieb tbe 8ax0N8
faitbfull^ copied—tbat tlie I^orman8, after 8ueee88ive d^na8tie8 bavins obtained
pO88688ion of tbe kingdom, would build on a grander 8eale, in proportion a8 tbe^
became more opulent and relined ; and tbat, dually, tlie /^or/r/eti would recom-
mend it8elf to tlie adoption of a people 8tudiou8 of improvement, a8 tlie rudiment8 ot
it were continually before tbeir 6^68, in tlie inter8eetion of tliO86 circular areli68
wbieb bad been employed, in earlier time8, to relieve tbe beav^ appearance of tbs
wall8. 8axon, l^orman, and Ootbie arebiteeture often dilfer a8 mucb r'-rie-' ^e, a8
tbe^ do from eacb otber, and in man^ ea868 are 80 interwoven and blended witb it,
tbat it i8 almo8t impo88ible to a8certain a line of demarcation between tbem."^
In Nr. " Attempt to di8eriminate tbe 8t^1e8 ofblnAli8b ^.rebi-
tecture " (wbicb ba8 been already referred to in pa^e 38), an elaborate endeavour
ba8 been made to a8eertain and ela88if^ tbe peculiar ebaraeteri8tic8 of our ancient
8^ koliagod traeor^ combinod ;
Idou wouldst davo tdougdt 8OM6 fairy's band,
'Ivvixt poplars straigdt, tdo o^ior ^vand
In man^ a kroadisd dnot dad tvvinod;
Idon trained a spoil, ^vdon tdo word was dono,
^nd cdangod tdo willow wreatds to stono.
Vido " Disquisition," Lc. pp. 7—I I, 1818, 8vo. Lpoading particularly os lowdosbur^, tdo same
writer sa^s, " Losidos Ido Dointod arcd kormod from tdo intorsoetion ot somieircular aredos, Ido nic/t6, tdo
pinnac/c, and tdo Lnttress aro moro tdan sdadowod out in tdo oldost parts ok lowlrosbur^ Odurcd ; tdo
reeoptaclo ok tdo canopiod Virgin ovor tdo ontranco ok tdo pored, renewed probably aktor a design ok mucd
digdor antiquity, das an obvious aidnit^ to tdo 6rst ok tdoso ; tdo ^pinnac/c is to do traced round tdo turrets
ok tdo western ka^ado ; and incipiont duttrossos, cortainl)' ok no great projection, aro discoveradlo on eacd
sido ok tdo angles ok tdo tower ; tdeso last crowned witd pinnacles, wdicd give tdein a still closor resemblance
to tdose wdicd in aktor times were inoro generally adopted." Dore tden no 6nd " tde germ ok man^ ok
tdoso peculiarities vvdicd aro okton ascribed to tdo invention ok tdose wdo deserve onl^ tdo praise ok
adopting, multiplying, and improving idem in tde progress ok ecclesiastical arcditecture." Ibid. p. 37.