The amusingly varied crests of these beautiful edifices were the product of the same art as the simple roofs which they overshot, and were, actually, only a multiplication of the square or the cube of the same geometrical figure.

• 这些美丽建筑物的屋顶，形式多样，煞是有趣，都是与它们所凌驾的普通屋顶全出自同一艺术，终究是同一几何图形的平方或立方的乘积罢了。