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Page 67
... exquisite building , like the holy cause to which it is consecrated , having withstood the assailing storm , and elevating its meek but magnificent head above its enemies , is mildly ready to receive them into her bosom , still dis ...
... exquisite building , like the holy cause to which it is consecrated , having withstood the assailing storm , and elevating its meek but magnificent head above its enemies , is mildly ready to receive them into her bosom , still dis ...
Page 80
... exquisite . Upon my expressing my admiration , a young student near me said , " Oui , monsieur , c'est très jolie . " But every thing that strikes or pleases in France is très jolie . From this painting I was , by im- portunity , led to ...
... exquisite . Upon my expressing my admiration , a young student near me said , " Oui , monsieur , c'est très jolie . " But every thing that strikes or pleases in France is très jolie . From this painting I was , by im- portunity , led to ...
Page 99
... exquisite as the hours of love , which she ap- peared most happily to enjoy , when we had the honour of being under her roof . Monsieur Ocould not help exhibiting much feeling , when he related this little event to me . I must not fail ...
... exquisite as the hours of love , which she ap- peared most happily to enjoy , when we had the honour of being under her roof . Monsieur Ocould not help exhibiting much feeling , when he related this little event to me . I must not fail ...
Page 114
... exquisite taste ; and he has permitted the entrance to open into the gar- dens of the consular palace . The whole is from a model of one of the little palaces of the Her- culaneum it is upon a small scale , built of a RESTAURATEUR . 115 ...
... exquisite taste ; and he has permitted the entrance to open into the gar- dens of the consular palace . The whole is from a model of one of the little palaces of the Her- culaneum it is upon a small scale , built of a RESTAURATEUR . 115 ...
Page 118
... are mounted upon lofty pedestals , on each side of the gates of the grand court - yard of the palace . When the Roman emperor Constantine founded Constantinople , he GATES OF THE PALACE . 119 attached these exquisite statues.
... are mounted upon lofty pedestals , on each side of the gates of the grand court - yard of the palace . When the Roman emperor Constantine founded Constantinople , he GATES OF THE PALACE . 119 attached these exquisite statues.
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