274 GRECIAN AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE. NoV. 2, 



Amidft fuch an aflemblage of great and ftricking ob- 

 je£ts, it is fcarcely poflible to fuppofe that any human 

 mind fliould be fo torpid as not to be roufed into ar- 

 dour, if not exalted into enthufiafm- 



On the other hand, on entering into St. Paul's by 

 the weft door, the mzSj fqtiare pillars, on either fide, 

 firft prefent themfelves, and fo totally exclude the view, 

 that thefe pillars appear to be the walls and bounda- 

 ries of the church f . The folid vault above, unbroken 



Explanation. 

 f To illuflratc the reafoning in the text, let us fuppofe the 

 plate below rcprcfcnts the plan of the infide of a cathedral, di- 

 vided by a line in the middle, AD. one half of which is laid out in tb.e 

 way that cathedrals built in the Grecian flile ufually are, with thick 

 walls, and mafley fijuare pillars, refembling thole of St. Paul's. The 

 other half is divided according- to the Gothic flile, with round co- 

 lumns, thin walls, and buttrelfcs. In order to illuftrate, in fome 

 meafure, the diflercnt appearance each of thcfe prefent to the eye, a 

 perfon is fuppofed to be placed near the door, at G. on looking 

 around, without leaving his place, he will fee all thofe parts of the 

 llruifture that are left quite white; but thofe which are concealed from 

 tis eye by the pillars and columns are flightly ihaded. From this view, 

 therefore, it appears, tiiat were the proportions exactly as here deli- 

 neated he would get a fight on the Gothic fide, of no lefs than ten 

 fide windows more or lefs diftiniilly, (one of them twice feen) 

 which arc the whole of the windows in this plan ; But on the Grecian 

 fide he would get only a full view of one window, and a flight peep of 

 other two. He would likewifc fee, more or lefs diitinAly, no lefs thaa 

 eight of the outer row of columns on the Gothic lide, with a full view of 



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