The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1875 |
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... Beauty in Grecian Archi- tecture , the substance of which had appeared some years before in the form of an introduction to a translation of Vitruvius ' Civil Architecture . In 1806 , having been elected one of the representative peers ...
... Beauty in Grecian Archi- tecture , the substance of which had appeared some years before in the form of an introduction to a translation of Vitruvius ' Civil Architecture . In 1806 , having been elected one of the representative peers ...
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... beauty and as typical specimens of Jain architecture in India . India . The following description is condensed from Mr Fergusson's History of Architecture , vol . ii . pp . 623 to 625 - The more modern of the two was built by two ...
... beauty and as typical specimens of Jain architecture in India . India . The following description is condensed from Mr Fergusson's History of Architecture , vol . ii . pp . 623 to 625 - The more modern of the two was built by two ...
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... beauty of their plumage . Great numbers of eagles , vultures , hawks , and other birds of prey are met with ; and partridges , snipes , pigeons , parrots , thrushes , and swallows are very plentiful . Among insects the most numerous and ...
... beauty of their plumage . Great numbers of eagles , vultures , hawks , and other birds of prey are met with ; and partridges , snipes , pigeons , parrots , thrushes , and swallows are very plentiful . Among insects the most numerous and ...
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... beauty , though it wants the head and arms . The Academy of the Arts , which had been long established at Florence , fell into decay , but was restored in the end of last century . In it there are halls for nude and plaster figures ...
... beauty , though it wants the head and arms . The Academy of the Arts , which had been long established at Florence , fell into decay , but was restored in the end of last century . In it there are halls for nude and plaster figures ...
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... beauty , which will thrive in the extreme south of France . In the Bulletin of the Society a large number of attempts to introduce this tree into general cultivation in other parts of France are recorded in detail , with the failure of ...
... beauty , which will thrive in the extreme south of France . In the Bulletin of the Society a large number of attempts to introduce this tree into general cultivation in other parts of France are recorded in detail , with the failure of ...
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