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... copies of those of Pliny . In that at Whitehall was a sundial and a jet - d'eau , which on turning a cock spurted out water and sprinkled the spectators . In lord Burleigh's at Theobald's were obelisks , pyramids , and circular porticos ...
... copies of those of Pliny . In that at Whitehall was a sundial and a jet - d'eau , which on turning a cock spurted out water and sprinkled the spectators . In lord Burleigh's at Theobald's were obelisks , pyramids , and circular porticos ...
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... copies . The delay , as Walpole explained , was due to his un- willingness to offend certain living artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome by the uncomfortable ...
... copies . The delay , as Walpole explained , was due to his un- willingness to offend certain living artists and the relatives of certain dead ones by his censures , but his tenderness in this matter was overcome by the uncomfortable ...
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... Stanley Morison , Bell showed by the face he cut in 1788 his familiarity with certain char- acteristics of Fournier's type , and it may well be that Bell is the author of this edition . W. S. L. 325 copies at the Walpole Printing Office 80.
... Stanley Morison , Bell showed by the face he cut in 1788 his familiarity with certain char- acteristics of Fournier's type , and it may well be that Bell is the author of this edition . W. S. L. 325 copies at the Walpole Printing Office 80.
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