Excerpt from Histoire de la Cath???drale de Beauvais Les lointains du Bray. Vu du mont Saint - Jean, le monu ment fe drel???e de toute fa hauteur; les maifons ram pent ??? les pieds. L??? cependant, une difproportion hlei???e l'oeil l'imagination efi d??????ue. A l'orient en contem plant la malle impofante du choeur, on revait une nef plus grande encore. Elle manque, l'???difice femble trop haut pour fa longueur. Aul???i, n'allez pas ??? l'occident chercher des tours un triple portail. Des colonnes tronqu???es, des arceaux ...
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Excerpt from Histoire de la Cath???drale de Beauvais Les lointains du Bray. Vu du mont Saint - Jean, le monu ment fe drel???e de toute fa hauteur; les maifons ram pent ??? les pieds. L??? cependant, une difproportion hlei???e l'oeil l'imagination efi d??????ue. A l'orient en contem plant la malle impofante du choeur, on revait une nef plus grande encore. Elle manque, l'???difice femble trop haut pour fa longueur. Aul???i, n'allez pas ??? l'occident chercher des tours un triple portail. Des colonnes tronqu???es, des arceaux coup???s, des murs pendants, une br???che ferm???e de planches comme une plaie panf???e ??? la h???te, donnent ??? ce c???t??? l'afpe& d'une ruine Pour??? quoi cette d???folation aupr???s de tant de fplendeur? Ce g???ant de pierre, orgueil de la cit???, aurait - il eu, comme toutes les grandes chofes ici - bas, des deflin???es tragiques? Je vais el???ayer de raconter fon hifloire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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