Excerpt from Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, Chiefly of the Present and Two Preceding Centuries, Vol. 3 of 4: Illustrated by Engravings To thole ufually called Gothic Architects, we are indebted for the firft confiderable im provements in conftruetion. There is a light nefs in their works, an art and a boldnefs of execution, to which the Antients never ar rived, and which the Modems comprehend and imitate with difficulty. England contains many magnificent examples of this fpecies Of Architecture, equally admirable for the art with which they are-built, _ggd for the tafte and ingenuity with which they are com'pofed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.