Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page vii
... antiquities . No other country in the world has such a variety of governments , that are so different in their constitutions , and so refined in their politics . There is scarce any part of the nation that is not famous in history , nor ...
... antiquities . No other country in the world has such a variety of governments , that are so different in their constitutions , and so refined in their politics . There is scarce any part of the nation that is not famous in history , nor ...
Page viii
... antiquities . Among the authors of our own country , we are obliged to the bishop of Salisbury , for his masterly and uncommon observations on the religion and governments of Italy : Lassels may be useful in giving us the names of such ...
... antiquities . Among the authors of our own country , we are obliged to the bishop of Salisbury , for his masterly and uncommon observations on the religion and governments of Italy : Lassels may be useful in giving us the names of such ...
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... antiquities in Verona , of which the principal is the ruin of a triumphal arch erected to Flaminius , where one sees old Doric pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius has described them . I have not yet seen any gar- dens ...
... antiquities in Verona , of which the principal is the ruin of a triumphal arch erected to Flaminius , where one sees old Doric pillars without any pedestal or basis , as Vitruvius has described them . I have not yet seen any gar- dens ...
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Joseph Addison. made on this occasion , among the several collections of antiquities that have been shown me in Italy . The church of St. Justina , designed by Palladio , is the most handsome , luminous , disencumbered build- ing in the ...
Joseph Addison. made on this occasion , among the several collections of antiquities that have been shown me in Italy . The church of St. Justina , designed by Palladio , is the most handsome , luminous , disencumbered build- ing in the ...
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... antiquities . The most remark- able is an aqueduct of a Gothic structure , that con- veys the water from mount St. Francis to Spoletto , which is not to be equalled for its height by any other in Europe . They reckon from the foundation ...
... antiquities . The most remark- able is an aqueduct of a Gothic structure , that con- veys the water from mount St. Francis to Spoletto , which is not to be equalled for its height by any other in Europe . They reckon from the foundation ...
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