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VI.
PROFILES IN ENGLAND & OTHER COUNTRIES
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angles requiring support from crockets. Instead of crockets, therefore, a continuous series of shallow projections, carved into vigorous leaf forms, is carried with graceful art around
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FIG. 140.
the bell, just under the abacus, affording that apparent support which the eye requires. Under the conditions involved a more admirable outline than that of the bell of this capital could hardly be devised.