 | Charles Knight - London (England) - 1841 - 918 pages
...unequal intercolumniations will be taken away; the church, which is much too narrow for the height, rendered spacious in the middle, which may be a very proper place for a vast auditory; the outward appearance of the church will seem to swell in the middle, by degrees, from a large basis... | |
 | William Longman - Church architecture - 1873 - 374 pages
...of the many thousands who, in our Sunday-evening services, meet under his Dome '), ' the Church will be rendered spacious in the middle, which may be a very proper place for a vast auditory.' He then proceeds, in words to be carefully borne in mind at the present time, to propose that ' for the... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - English periodicals - 1894 - 548 pages
...where the tall spire, fifty feet higher than Salisbury, had once stood, so as to render the church ' spacious in the middle, which may be a very proper place for a vast auditory.' After the fire he was named one of the commissioners for the reparation of St. Paul's, and prepared... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - Cathedrals - 1879 - 324 pages
...unequal intercolumniations will be taken away; the church, which is much too narrow for the height, rendered spacious in the middle, which may be a very proper place for a vast auditory. The outward appearance of the church will seem to swell in the middle by degrees from a large basis,... | |
 | Ecclesiological Society - Church buildings - 1885 - 432 pages
...into a spacious dome " or rotundo, with a cupola or hemispherical roof ; by this means the church will be rendered " spacious in the middle, which may be a very proper place for a vast auditory." This idea he never gave up ; and we can well imagine that, seeing his opportunity, believing that "... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1892 - 976 pages
...his clients' service. Practical requirements were uppermost in his mind. The most radical alteration he proposed before the fire was to cut off the inner...vicarious services, of gorgeous long processions, of relic- worship, and of constant private prayer at a score of minor altars had departed; the clays of... | |
 | Lena Milman - Architects - 1908 - 520 pages
...unequal Intereolumnations will be taken away, the Church, which is much too narrow for the heighth, rendered spacious in the Middle, which may be a very proper Place for a vast Auditory : the Outward appearance of the Church will seem to swell in the Middle by degrees, from a large Basis,... | |
 | Lena Milman - Architects - 1908 - 510 pages
...Intercolumnations will be taken away, the Church, which is much too narrow for the heighth, render'd spacious in the Middle, which may be a very proper Place for a vast Auditory : the Outward appearance of the Church will seem to swell in the Middle by degrees, from a large Basis,... | |
 | Lawrence Weaver - Architects - 1923 - 236 pages
...upon the Cupola a Lantern with a spring top, to rise proportionably. By this means the Church will be rendered spacious in the middle, which may be a very proper place for a vast auditory." Here was the germ of the St. PLATE IV THE WELBECK PORTRAIT. " THE DOME OF LONDON" 61 Paul's which we... | |
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Church, which is much too narrow for the heighth, render'd spacious in the Middle, which may be a very proper Place for a vast Auditory: the Outward appearance of the Church will seem to swell in the Middle by degrees, from a large Basis, rising... 