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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... building of the original St. Paul's Cathedral ; but the true period of its erection probably will not ever be discovered , and very little , indeed , is known of it previous to the reign of Edward the Confessor . Widmore , who had ...
... building of the original St. Paul's Cathedral ; but the true period of its erection probably will not ever be discovered , and very little , indeed , is known of it previous to the reign of Edward the Confessor . Widmore , who had ...
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... building . The tavern bore the sign of the White Rose . No expence was spared in the erection of this royal foundation , intended only for the royal blood , The expence was 14,0001 . * at that time a most enormous sum . Let us , before ...
... building . The tavern bore the sign of the White Rose . No expence was spared in the erection of this royal foundation , intended only for the royal blood , The expence was 14,0001 . * at that time a most enormous sum . Let us , before ...
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... building and the portal would be an exquisite window for the hall , a little shortened . Although brass is not easily broken , and the ornaments are firmly fastened , yet we may find strong traces of devastation and theft in the vacant ...
... building and the portal would be an exquisite window for the hall , a little shortened . Although brass is not easily broken , and the ornaments are firmly fastened , yet we may find strong traces of devastation and theft in the vacant ...
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... building , have waved windows , whose ichnography is thus ; the west ends are similar to the east , from the pavement to the angels , above which , they are paneled , and terminate to the shape of the roof in foliaged arches . These ...
... building , have waved windows , whose ichnography is thus ; the west ends are similar to the east , from the pavement to the angels , above which , they are paneled , and terminate to the shape of the roof in foliaged arches . These ...
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... building , I feel solicitous that the whole may be found deserving the ap- probation of that Committee of Taste , ' under whose judicious and en- lightened auspices the chapel is to be renovated , and its exterior walls and ...
... building , I feel solicitous that the whole may be found deserving the ap- probation of that Committee of Taste , ' under whose judicious and en- lightened auspices the chapel is to be renovated , and its exterior walls and ...
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