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1860, July 13. Pickman Bequet.

Then, too, the pillar'd dome magnific heav'd

Its ample roof, and luxury within

Pour'd out her glittering stores; the canvas smooth
With glowing life protuberant to the view
Embodied rose; the statue seem'd to breathe

And soften into flesh beneath the touch

Of forming Art, imagination-flush'd.—THOMSON.

ΤΟ

JOHN SOANE, ESQ. R. A.

PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE

TO THE

ROYAL ACADEMY.

F.R.S. F.S. A. &c. &c. &c.

THESE LIVES

OF

BRITISH ARCHITECTS

ARE

VERY RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THE AUTHOR.

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