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164 164 ENGLISH ARCHITECTURE. Part II. Germany they took their revenge, and in many instances kill the building to which they are attached. In England the group of three towers or spires — the typical arrangement of our architects — was always pleasing, and very frequently surpasses in grace and appro- priateness anything to be found on the Continent. Even when, as at 598. Salisbury Cathedral, from the N. E. Norwich or at Chichester, the spire is unsu]>ported by any western towers, the same effect of dignity is produced as at Toulouse; the design is pyramidal, and from whatever point it is viewed it is felt to be well balanced, which is seldom the case when the greatest elevation is at one end.