My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideGregg, 1969 - 916 pages |
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Page 43
... four very slender pillars instead of one large one to support the arches on each side of the nave . I did not know then that these were characteristic of the Early English Gothic , but are not common in our churches . Another feature of ...
... four very slender pillars instead of one large one to support the arches on each side of the nave . I did not know then that these were characteristic of the Early English Gothic , but are not common in our churches . Another feature of ...
Page 101
... four colours there were four different expressions of counte- nance , most evident to me as I passed along the rooms . Never perhaps in the history of the human race has so simple a device created in so short a period so much order ...
... four colours there were four different expressions of counte- nance , most evident to me as I passed along the rooms . Never perhaps in the history of the human race has so simple a device created in so short a period so much order ...
Page 341
... four thousand feet high . Near the top are beautiful ferns and pitcher - plants , of which I made a small collection . Elephants and rhinoceroses , as well as tigers , are abundant there , but we had our usual bad luck in seeing only ...
... four thousand feet high . Near the top are beautiful ferns and pitcher - plants , of which I made a small collection . Elephants and rhinoceroses , as well as tigers , are abundant there , but we had our usual bad luck in seeing only ...
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