the English antiquaries will greatly promote further researches, but at present very little has been done towards a systematic comparison of the architecture of France and England. M. De Caumont himself has unfortunately never been in England, and the French antiquaries in general know very little of English Gothic, and are not disposed to admit its superior purity, although the entire absence of Italian details does certainly prove it to be a more pure Gothic style.

OXFORD: PRINTED BY I. SHRIMPTON.

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