. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Fig. ?ill. BRT7I1H MUSBUn. tlie reign of Charles II. Tlie length of his life enriched the reigns of several princes anddisgraced the last of them. (At the advanced age of 86 he was removed by George 1. fromthe office of Surveyor General.) A variety of knowledge proclaims tlie universality, a mul-tiplicity of works the abundance, St. Iauls the greatness, of Sir Cliristopliers genius. Tlienoblest temple, the largest palace, the most stu])endous hospit
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. Fig. ?ill. BRT7I1H MUSBUn. tlie reign of Charles II. Tlie length of his life enriched the reigns of several princes anddisgraced the last of them. (At the advanced age of 86 he was removed by George 1. fromthe office of Surveyor General.) A variety of knowledge proclaims tlie universality, a mul-tiplicity of works the abundance, St. Iauls the greatness, of Sir Cliristopliers genius. Tlienoblest temple, the largest palace, the most stu])endous hospital, in such a kingdom asIkitain, are all works of the same liand. He restored London and recorded its fall. Asthe boast of England is tlie Cathedral Church of St. Paul, it will be necessary to dwell alittle on a description of it. 467. The larger portion of this cathedral stands on part of the site of the old one, asshown by the annexed diagram (/</. 212.), which also exhibits their comparative sizes. It is. co))ied from a drawing by Sir Christopher in the library of All Souls College at instructions to the surveyor, according to the C()m])iler of the Iarentalia, were— a fabric of moderate bulk, but of good ])roportion ; a convenient (]uire, with avestibule and porticoes, and a dome conspicuous above the houses: and in conformity withthem, a design was made which, from various causes, does not appear to have given satis-faction ; whereon tlie com])iler observes, that he endeavoured to gratify the taste of tlieconnoisseurs and criticks with something coloss and beautiful, with a design antique andwell studied, conformable to the best style of the Greek and Roman architecture. Tiiemodel made from this design stU exists. This however was not approved, and the sur-veyor then turned his thoughts to a cathedral form, .so altered as to reconcile as near aspossible the Gothic to a better manner of architecture. A design was approved by theking, who issued his
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