Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 13
... stones are cheap , the working of them is very expensive . It is generally said there are eleven thousand statues about the church ; but they reckon into the account every particular figure in the history pieces , and several little ...
... stones are cheap , the working of them is very expensive . It is generally said there are eleven thousand statues about the church ; but they reckon into the account every particular figure in the history pieces , and several little ...
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... stones that are amassed together in this and several other churches of Milan . I was told , that in Milan there are sixty convents of women , eighty of men , and two hundred churches . At the Celestines is a picture in fresco of the ...
... stones that are amassed together in this and several other churches of Milan . I was told , that in Milan there are sixty convents of women , eighty of men , and two hundred churches . At the Celestines is a picture in fresco of the ...
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... stone's original betrays ; But common drops , when thus with crystal mix'd , Are valued more , than if in rubies fix'd . As I walked through one of the streets of Milan , I was surprised to read the following inscription , concerning a ...
... stone's original betrays ; But common drops , when thus with crystal mix'd , Are valued more , than if in rubies fix'd . As I walked through one of the streets of Milan , I was surprised to read the following inscription , concerning a ...
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... stones and beasts , and imprisoned in the deep abyss of waters ; notwithstanding you are tost among billows , thrown up and down by tem- pests , deaf to hearing , dumb to speech , and terrible to behold : notwithstanding , I say , these ...
... stones and beasts , and imprisoned in the deep abyss of waters ; notwithstanding you are tost among billows , thrown up and down by tem- pests , deaf to hearing , dumb to speech , and terrible to behold : notwithstanding , I say , these ...
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... stone superscribed Lapis Vituperii . Any debtor that will swear himself not worth five pounds , and is set by the bailiffs thrice with his bare buttocks on this stone in a full hall , clears himself of any farther prosecution from his ...
... stone superscribed Lapis Vituperii . Any debtor that will swear himself not worth five pounds , and is set by the bailiffs thrice with his bare buttocks on this stone in a full hall , clears himself of any farther prosecution from his ...
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