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Page 16
... building , and the present governor is Arthur , duke of Wellington . There is a misshapen irregularity , a strange ming- ling of ancient and modern times ; an anomalous jumb- ling together of things wont to be kept separate , about the ...
... building , and the present governor is Arthur , duke of Wellington . There is a misshapen irregularity , a strange ming- ling of ancient and modern times ; an anomalous jumb- ling together of things wont to be kept separate , about the ...
Page 18
... build up the princely pile , long since dissolved , and people it with the Edwards , and Henries , and Richards of old . There is the painted hall , and in it are assembled a goodly throng of joyous guests . The royal captive , John ...
... build up the princely pile , long since dissolved , and people it with the Edwards , and Henries , and Richards of old . There is the painted hall , and in it are assembled a goodly throng of joyous guests . The royal captive , John ...
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... build- ing in London , is a fit edifice to be visited by a peram- bulator . It is , perhaps , the grandest church in ... buildings that surround it . St. Paul's Cathedral stands in the wards of Castle Baynard and Farringdon , and in the ...
... build- ing in London , is a fit edifice to be visited by a peram- bulator . It is , perhaps , the grandest church in ... buildings that surround it . St. Paul's Cathedral stands in the wards of Castle Baynard and Farringdon , and in the ...
Page 28
... building are , here and there , almost as white as if covered with whitewash ; while the adjoining stone work is much more like ebony than ivory . The winds , the rains , and the climate appear to have been fickle in their 28 ST ...
... building are , here and there , almost as white as if covered with whitewash ; while the adjoining stone work is much more like ebony than ivory . The winds , the rains , and the climate appear to have been fickle in their 28 ST ...
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... building were laid in 1675 , and the whole magnificent structure was completed under the direction of sir Chris- topher Wren , in thirty - five years , at an expense of a million and a half of money . The black and white Corinthian ...
... building were laid in 1675 , and the whole magnificent structure was completed under the direction of sir Chris- topher Wren , in thirty - five years , at an expense of a million and a half of money . The black and white Corinthian ...
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