An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... mentioned as cultivators of land , to whom is due the introduction of architecture prom so called . To them solid and durable edifices were necessary as soon as they load t upon a spot for the settlement of themselves and their families ...
... mentioned as cultivators of land , to whom is due the introduction of architecture prom so called . To them solid and durable edifices were necessary as soon as they load t upon a spot for the settlement of themselves and their families ...
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... mentioned that , in the Etrurian part of Italy we find examples of Cyclopean works of the class , which Mr. Hamilton places in the second Ʀra ; as at Norba in Latium , Cora , Signia , and Alatrium ; in the three last whereof the walls ...
... mentioned that , in the Etrurian part of Italy we find examples of Cyclopean works of the class , which Mr. Hamilton places in the second Ʀra ; as at Norba in Latium , Cora , Signia , and Alatrium ; in the three last whereof the walls ...
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... mentioned by Plutarch , ( Symposiac . lib . vi . cap . 4. ) , that the palm tree rose under any weight that was placed upon it , and even in proportion to the degree of depression it experienced . This supposed pe- culiarity is also ...
... mentioned by Plutarch , ( Symposiac . lib . vi . cap . 4. ) , that the palm tree rose under any weight that was placed upon it , and even in proportion to the degree of depression it experienced . This supposed pe- culiarity is also ...
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... mentioned in the section on Druidical and Celtic Architecture , might have moved in a direction which ulti- mately brought them to that which , in modern times , has received the name of the New World . The Toultecs appeared in 648 ...
... mentioned in the section on Druidical and Celtic Architecture , might have moved in a direction which ulti- mately brought them to that which , in modern times , has received the name of the New World . The Toultecs appeared in 648 ...
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... mentioned by Pliny as having been destroyed by the legions of Au- gustus , was six miles in circumference , and had not revived in the fourteenth century . " But , " says Gibbon , " the profane lustre of these was eclipsed by the ...
... mentioned by Pliny as having been destroyed by the legions of Au- gustus , was six miles in circumference , and had not revived in the fourteenth century . " But , " says Gibbon , " the profane lustre of these was eclipsed by the ...
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