"Horizontality" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Swiss plans are knocked on the head—at any rate for the present—in favour of horizontality and Digitalis here. The journey up on Monday demonstrated that travelling, at present, ...
— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 • Leonard Huxley
... a building into mere "halves" has usually a weak and monotonous effect, but about two thirds of the distance from the base line; and this band of ornament not only breaks up the plain surface a little, but also, by carrying another horizontal line along the wall, emphasizes its horizontality. Always emphasize that which is the essential characteristic of your structure. A wall of this kind is essentially a long horizontal boundary. Emphasize ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 633, February 18, 1888 • Various |
