Malcolm, James Peller: First Impressions Or Sketches from Art and Nature, Animate and Inanimate (London, 1807)

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agree with him, and admit that the arches os
every description are Pointed; yet, with this con-
cession, he must permit me to add, that the tower
refembles a Grecian building at a dijlance, and, when
examined, an attempt to imitate the Pointed sryle
is observable, which it as little refembles as the
tower of St. Mary RedclifF does the dome of
St. Paul's London.
THE CATHEDRAL
'occupies the South side of a triangular space called
the College-green, which is intersered by walks,
and very pleasantly ornamented by large trees,
where the soldiers in garrilon parade morning and
evening, while the bands perform martial airs,
and the citizens walk and converie, or listen in
groupes to the muhek.
It will be sufheient for me to describe this
Venerable building as it now remains.
A gateway of Saxon architecture, in the South-
west corner of the College-green, con si Its of the
most curious ornaments in that style, and cannot
fail of exciting the warmed praises srom the ad-
mirer of antiquity. The mouldings are covered
'with a great variety os interlaced reliess ; which
are as correctly and accurately arranged as it
'would be .practicable to entwine ribands; and the
stone