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... walls are relieved by courses of agreeably moulded brick . On the walls are set iron pillars which support chains to wreathe climbing plants in festoons round the garden boundary . But it is not so much with the external appearance of ...
... walls are relieved by courses of agreeably moulded brick . On the walls are set iron pillars which support chains to wreathe climbing plants in festoons round the garden boundary . But it is not so much with the external appearance of ...
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... wall ) in passing the morning - room door to that of the boudoir next beyond . This is a captivating room , lofty in ... walls , of a series of low - pointed arches in the cornice , slightly recessed , and painted with frescoes from Lady ...
... wall ) in passing the morning - room door to that of the boudoir next beyond . This is a captivating room , lofty in ... walls , of a series of low - pointed arches in the cornice , slightly recessed , and painted with frescoes from Lady ...
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... walls , so they were made out by herself painting to match any pieces she could meet with to fit . The coloured marble chimney - piece is Italian work of the sixteenth century ; the upper part came origin- 40 Lares and Penates .
... walls , so they were made out by herself painting to match any pieces she could meet with to fit . The coloured marble chimney - piece is Italian work of the sixteenth century ; the upper part came origin- 40 Lares and Penates .
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... wall : but the manager of the " Drinking Fountains Association " came to implore her not to let it be set up , as it would soon be spoiled ; he knows one hundred and forty - three fountains which have all been more or less chipped and ...
... wall : but the manager of the " Drinking Fountains Association " came to implore her not to let it be set up , as it would soon be spoiled ; he knows one hundred and forty - three fountains which have all been more or less chipped and ...
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... walls . and spring guns ? Is our people's nature less honest as well as less artistic ? In what lies the secret , wherein the cure ? Edu- cation , in the sense of schooling , would seem to have little to do with it , for Spain is as ...
... walls . and spring guns ? Is our people's nature less honest as well as less artistic ? In what lies the secret , wherein the cure ? Edu- cation , in the sense of schooling , would seem to have little to do with it , for Spain is as ...
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