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Description: | Daniel Defoe found St Paul's to be ''a building exceeding beautiful and magnificent; tho' some authors are pleased to expose their ignorance, by pretending to find fault with it''. Some contemporaries found the pillars supporting the huge dome too gross and heavy-looking, but Defoe suggested that it was "Protestant plainness and lack of ornamentation" which gave the cathedral this impression. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Sacred Architecture Cathedrals Architecture | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Lewis, G | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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