The monuments and genii of st. Paul's cathedral and of Westminster abbey, Volume 2John Williams, 1826 |
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... body of figurants , who in a short time amount- ed to a hundred in number . They were drawn from Italy , Germany , Switzerland , and France , and were presented before the town in a grand entertainment of dancing , entitled the Chinese ...
... body of figurants , who in a short time amount- ed to a hundred in number . They were drawn from Italy , Germany , Switzerland , and France , and were presented before the town in a grand entertainment of dancing , entitled the Chinese ...
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... body bust by Bird , on a semicircular pedestal , which diminishes under a curtain , and is distinguished by this inscription : - SIDNEY , Earl of GODOLPHIN , High Treasurer of Great Brittain , and Chief Minister during the first Nine ...
... body bust by Bird , on a semicircular pedestal , which diminishes under a curtain , and is distinguished by this inscription : - SIDNEY , Earl of GODOLPHIN , High Treasurer of Great Brittain , and Chief Minister during the first Nine ...
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... body in- different to the exercise of its fatigues , and brave adversity with thoughts superior to the cares of its mortifications . Arrived in London with only a few pence in his pocket , his mind became filled with apprehensions the ...
... body in- different to the exercise of its fatigues , and brave adversity with thoughts superior to the cares of its mortifications . Arrived in London with only a few pence in his pocket , his mind became filled with apprehensions the ...
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... body most formidable to an ar- bitrary minister - a band of determined patriots constitutionally organised . Grattan resumed the motion in February , 1782 , with a speech less ornamental than the one just noticed , but more learned and ...
... body most formidable to an ar- bitrary minister - a band of determined patriots constitutionally organised . Grattan resumed the motion in February , 1782 , with a speech less ornamental than the one just noticed , but more learned and ...
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... body of men who opposed it . That opposition was vigorous , pathetic , and brilliant beyond example , but utterly vain . In the year 1800 , the Irish Houses of Com- mons and Peers merged into the Parliament of England . At first Grattan ...
... body of men who opposed it . That opposition was vigorous , pathetic , and brilliant beyond example , but utterly vain . In the year 1800 , the Irish Houses of Com- mons and Peers merged into the Parliament of England . At first Grattan ...
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