Stanfield's Coast scenery : a series of picturesque views in the British channel and on the coast of France . riant vine, the fig-tree, and the almond, flourish in the castellated abbey juts out in bold relief from the heights, and thechoir of the abbey church, built in the florid style of Gothic architecturecrowns the whole of the imposing pile. The successive architects, whohave added to it or altered it, appear to have had a view to its effect frombelow, consequently, the lines of the buildings and the projections aremore bol^ and simple, and the windows and pinnacles loftier an
Stanfield's Coast scenery : a series of picturesque views in the British channel and on the coast of France . riant vine, the fig-tree, and the almond, flourish in the castellated abbey juts out in bold relief from the heights, and thechoir of the abbey church, built in the florid style of Gothic architecturecrowns the whole of the imposing pile. The successive architects, whohave added to it or altered it, appear to have had a view to its effect frombelow, consequently, the lines of the buildings and the projections aremore bol^ and simple, and the windows and pinnacles loftier and morenarrow than usual. Admittance is obtained through a gate of the time XII. or Francis I.; and, after proceeding along the walls, gradu-ally leading upwards, towers above towers, and staircases surmountingsta«rcases-all overhanging, grassy, and desolate, the traveller arrives atthe gate of the abbey. Traditions more numerous than those attached to the rriount in Corn-wall, in addihon to its claim to the picturesque and romantic, have givenextraordinary celebrity to St. Michaels, in
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