30 THE BANE OF will do to illustrate the ‘ common practice of architects.’ As to the special lamp-post, we are told that 4 it is intended not ‘ merely to carry a lamp but as a termination to a balustrade, ‘ and anything that was not tolerably bulky would look ex- * ceedingly weak.’ Our readers when… … PROFESSIONAL LAMPS, He evidently had abundant 4 capital, ’ FOR DAYLIGHT ONLY. and so, as Mr. Beresford Hope would say, he might be most 4 divinely gifted ; ’ yet his work is worse than nothing, a dis- play of senseless ornament, intended to delight the tavern
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