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Fashion may , indeed — nay , often does change the prevailing taste of the day ,
but first principles remain the same ; and as , in a cycle , the planets , after a
period of wandering in the heavens , return to the places which they occupied
ages ...
Fashion may , indeed — nay , often does change the prevailing taste of the day ,
but first principles remain the same ; and as , in a cycle , the planets , after a
period of wandering in the heavens , return to the places which they occupied
ages ...
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If rudeness , want of finish , and the absence of all appearance of art , be criter
judgment on the age of monuments of antiquity , the wonderful remains of Abur
Stonehenge must be considered the most ancient that have preserved their form
so ...
If rudeness , want of finish , and the absence of all appearance of art , be criter
judgment on the age of monuments of antiquity , the wonderful remains of Abur
Stonehenge must be considered the most ancient that have preserved their form
so ...
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... of the latter only , of whom tu exist in Britany at the monument of Carnac , whé it
is computed 4000 stones still remain . ... the Hurlers in Cornwall , Long Meg and
her daug in Cumberland , remains in Derbyshire , Devonshire , Dorsetshire , at ...
... of the latter only , of whom tu exist in Britany at the monument of Carnac , whé it
is computed 4000 stones still remain . ... the Hurlers in Cornwall , Long Meg and
her daug in Cumberland , remains in Derbyshire , Devonshire , Dorsetshire , at ...
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The nature and principles of Egyptian art were the same but the specimens of it
which remain bear marks of being of later date , the pyramids only excepted . The
Greek fables about the Cyclopeans have been sufficiently exposed by Jacob ...
The nature and principles of Egyptian art were the same but the specimens of it
which remain bear marks of being of later date , the pyramids only excepted . The
Greek fables about the Cyclopeans have been sufficiently exposed by Jacob ...
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Not more than 200 yards from the northern extremity of this mound , is a raving
near 100 yards long , hollowed out by those who dig for bricks , on one of whose
sides a few yards of wall remain , tlie face whereof is clear and perfect , and ...
Not more than 200 yards from the northern extremity of this mound , is a raving
near 100 yards long , hollowed out by those who dig for bricks , on one of whose
sides a few yards of wall remain , tlie face whereof is clear and perfect , and ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & Practical |
| Author | Joseph Gwilt |
| Editor | Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau Papworth |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1891 |
| Length | 1443 pages |
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