An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural Disposition and Enrichments;: And on the Remains of the Roman Domestic Edifices Discovered in Great BritainLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833 - 179 sidor |
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... elegance of his taste and the nificence of the buildings . His galleries were adorned with statues and pictures by the best Grecian masters . His vessels and moveables were of the most exquisite workmanship , and of the choicest ...
... elegance of his taste and the nificence of the buildings . His galleries were adorned with statues and pictures by the best Grecian masters . His vessels and moveables were of the most exquisite workmanship , and of the choicest ...
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... elegance of design and the variety of colours : the Egyptian granite was beau- tifully encrusted with the precious green marble of Numidia . A perpetual stream of hot water 1 Epist . 86 . was poured into capacious basins through many ...
... elegance of design and the variety of colours : the Egyptian granite was beau- tifully encrusted with the precious green marble of Numidia . A perpetual stream of hot water 1 Epist . 86 . was poured into capacious basins through many ...
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... elegance of the several pieces which composed a service of plate the manufactures of superior taste or articles of virtu came into request , and at length the works of Acagras and Mys , both celebrated artisans in silver , were ...
... elegance of the several pieces which composed a service of plate the manufactures of superior taste or articles of virtu came into request , and at length the works of Acagras and Mys , both celebrated artisans in silver , were ...
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... elegance and splendour in building were justly to be expected ' . The three Grecian orders , as they are ge- nerally called , the Doric , the Ionic , and the Corinthian , -styles which constitute the beauty and magnificence of classical ...
... elegance and splendour in building were justly to be expected ' . The three Grecian orders , as they are ge- nerally called , the Doric , the Ionic , and the Corinthian , -styles which constitute the beauty and magnificence of classical ...
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... to its original simplicity an elegance which has excited the universal admiration of posterity . The Corinthians , a rich and luxu- rious people , not contented with former im- The provements , extended the art to the very verge 148.
... to its original simplicity an elegance which has excited the universal admiration of posterity . The Corinthians , a rich and luxu- rious people , not contented with former im- The provements , extended the art to the very verge 148.
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