An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... give vol xxii . of the Archeologia ; and in Gailhabaud , Monumens , 4to , Paris , 1842-52 . 17. Abury , or Avebury , in Wiltshire , of which we give a view in a restored ( fig . 4. ) , is a specimen of this species of building , in ...
... give vol xxii . of the Archeologia ; and in Gailhabaud , Monumens , 4to , Paris , 1842-52 . 17. Abury , or Avebury , in Wiltshire , of which we give a view in a restored ( fig . 4. ) , is a specimen of this species of building , in ...
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... gives the following account of the stones which remain of the monument : - " The stones on the outside of the work , those ... give no opinion on this point , but shall conclude the section by placing before the reader the substance of M ...
... gives the following account of the stones which remain of the monument : - " The stones on the outside of the work , those ... give no opinion on this point , but shall conclude the section by placing before the reader the substance of M ...
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... give a representation of one , that has received the name of Kit's Cotty House , which lies on the road between Maidstone and Rochester , about a mile north- eastward from Aylesford church , and is thus described in the Beauties of ...
... give a representation of one , that has received the name of Kit's Cotty House , which lies on the road between Maidstone and Rochester , about a mile north- eastward from Aylesford church , and is thus described in the Beauties of ...
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... give it the least credit ; and there is little im- propriety in calling them sepulchral monuments , whether or not the bodies of the monarchs were ever deposited in them . The religion of Egypt , though not so fruitful , perhaps , as ...
... give it the least credit ; and there is little im- propriety in calling them sepulchral monuments , whether or not the bodies of the monarchs were ever deposited in them . The religion of Egypt , though not so fruitful , perhaps , as ...
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... gives only as an ap- proximation from the circumstance of so much of them being buried in the earth . 78. Pilasters ... give two examples . It certainly has all the appear- LAGED 3050 Fig . 59 . VASH AND OTHER SHAPED CAPITA18 . ance of ...
... gives only as an ap- proximation from the circumstance of so much of them being buried in the earth . 78. Pilasters ... give two examples . It certainly has all the appear- LAGED 3050 Fig . 59 . VASH AND OTHER SHAPED CAPITA18 . ance of ...
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