. The Architectural magazine. e, then, we have a distinct view of the steps of that process by whichour artists acquired the original idea of placing their columns at a muchgreater distance from each other than the artists of Greece or Rome couldever accomplish, and of joining them together by means of arches for sup-porting the roof. It is this particular that constitutes the characteristicfeature of the Gothic architecture, and discriminates it from that of Greeceand Rome : nor shall we find any difficulty in tracing, in the future numbersof our work, with equal precision, the origin and use
. The Architectural magazine. e, then, we have a distinct view of the steps of that process by whichour artists acquired the original idea of placing their columns at a muchgreater distance from each other than the artists of Greece or Rome couldever accomplish, and of joining them together by means of arches for sup-porting the roof. It is this particular that constitutes the characteristicfeature of the Gothic architecture, and discriminates it from that of Greeceand Rome : nor shall we find any difficulty in tracing, in the future numbersof our work, with equal precision, the origin and uses of nil those lesser de- Designs for Turnpike Lodges. 159 vices which were afterwards adopted as natural and necessary modificationsof this grand principle, as it came to be applied to the particular purposes itbecame necessary to effect, which have been so much misunderstood, and sooften made the butt of a senseless ridicule, by ignorant witlings in moderntimes. Art. IV. A DesignJhr a Turnpike Lodge, with Remarlcs. By Geometrical Elevation of the Side Front. Among the various subjects enumerated intended to be treatedon in the Architectural Magazine, I find that of late years, great attention has been paid to the formationand improvement of our roads, and, I have no doubt, before long,
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