The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Том 21J. Limbird, 1833 Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc. |
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... stone . The façade or principal front is represent- ed in the Engraving . In the centre , resting on the granite plinth as a pedestal , are six columns , with enriched Corinthian capitals ; the wings being terminated with angular antæ ...
... stone . The façade or principal front is represent- ed in the Engraving . In the centre , resting on the granite plinth as a pedestal , are six columns , with enriched Corinthian capitals ; the wings being terminated with angular antæ ...
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... stone corners wrought in rustic , and a large arched en- trance , with a high pediment supported on Doric columns , and open at the top , to give room for a shield of the Company's arms . The Hall itself was spacious and lofty , paved ...
... stone corners wrought in rustic , and a large arched en- trance , with a high pediment supported on Doric columns , and open at the top , to give room for a shield of the Company's arms . The Hall itself was spacious and lofty , paved ...
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... stone . name have the very air of promise , and fur- nish pleasant spice of agreeable small - talk in this season of pastime ; whilst some over cun- ning folks borrow his jokes , and pass them off as their own . The volume before us is ...
... stone . name have the very air of promise , and fur- nish pleasant spice of agreeable small - talk in this season of pastime ; whilst some over cun- ning folks borrow his jokes , and pass them off as their own . The volume before us is ...
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... stone attached to the piers between the win- dows . And here the superior taste of the ar- chitect is strikingly displayed , in the method in which he has avoided an horizontal impost to his ceiling , by constructing arches of timber ...
... stone attached to the piers between the win- dows . And here the superior taste of the ar- chitect is strikingly displayed , in the method in which he has avoided an horizontal impost to his ceiling , by constructing arches of timber ...
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... stone each . The paving of the passages is partly of granite and partly of Yorkshire stone . The and covered markets are causewayed with granite , in the manner of the best street paving . The ter- race over the quadruple colonnade is ...
... stone each . The paving of the passages is partly of granite and partly of Yorkshire stone . The and covered markets are causewayed with granite , in the manner of the best street paving . The ter- race over the quadruple colonnade is ...
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