The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 13, Part 3Verner & Hood, 1815 - Architecture |
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... hundred and thirty - eight circles inter- secting each other , and each made by four oval pieces inclosing a lozenge . The other parts vary in figure ; but are equally rich in ornament and device . The above lozenge has a circle on each ...
... hundred and thirty - eight circles inter- secting each other , and each made by four oval pieces inclosing a lozenge . The other parts vary in figure ; but are equally rich in ornament and device . The above lozenge has a circle on each ...
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... hundred and forty - three : a raven , seven hun- dred and twenty - nine : an eagle , two thousand one hundred and eighty - seven a great whale , six thousand five hundred and sixty- one : the world nineteen thousand six hundred and ...
... hundred and forty - three : a raven , seven hun- dred and twenty - nine : an eagle , two thousand one hundred and eighty - seven a great whale , six thousand five hundred and sixty- one : the world nineteen thousand six hundred and ...
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... hundred days indulgence soon after his interment . Now the only indulgence his effigies receives is from the kindness of the dean's respectable verger , who some time since carefully nailed down the corners of the broken brass . The ...
... hundred days indulgence soon after his interment . Now the only indulgence his effigies receives is from the kindness of the dean's respectable verger , who some time since carefully nailed down the corners of the broken brass . The ...
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... hundred years past , is strictly descriptive at this moment : " but that which is most to be lamented , is the un- happy choice of the materials . The stone is decayed four inches deep , and falls off perpetually in great scales . " And ...
... hundred years past , is strictly descriptive at this moment : " but that which is most to be lamented , is the un- happy choice of the materials . The stone is decayed four inches deep , and falls off perpetually in great scales . " And ...
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... hundreds of quatrefoils , whose leaves are circular , and inclose crowns of thorns . Those contain carved emblems , on shields , endless in variety . Many are immediately understood as figurative of the Passion , and other parts of ...
... hundreds of quatrefoils , whose leaves are circular , and inclose crowns of thorns . Those contain carved emblems , on shields , endless in variety . Many are immediately understood as figurative of the Passion , and other parts of ...
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