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" ... fruit, was remarkably fine, as was also a species of betonica, and an indigenous citron, of which there are two kinds peculiar to Madagascar, with rich glossy foliage. The house of the harbour master was a well constructed native dwelling, about forty... "
The Theory and Practice of Water Colour Painting, Etc - Page 9
by George BARRET - 1840 - 123 pages
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Persons and Pictures from the Histories of France and England: From the ...

Henry William Herbert - France - 1854 - 454 pages
...was octagon, three of its side's, with a window in each, jutting out into the clear pool, and three, with a door in the centre, and a window on each side, fronting the little lawn. But, alas ! the windows were all secured with jalousies, strongly bolted...
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Three visits to Madagascar during ... 1853-1854-1856

William Ellis - 1858 - 534 pages
...a well constructed native dwelling, about forty feet long arid between twenty and thirty feet high, with a door in the centre and a window on each side, the whole front shaded by a broad verandah, and the house thatched with the leaves of the traveller's...
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Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856: Including a ...

William Ellis - Madagascar - 1858 - 582 pages
...a well constructed native dwelling, about forty feet long and between twenty and thirty feet high, with a door in the centre and a window on each side, the whole front shaded by a broad verandah, and the house thatched with the leaves of the traveller's...
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Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856: Including a ...

William Ellis - Madagascar - 1859 - 552 pages
...a well constructed native dwelling, about forty feet long and between twenty and thirty feet high, with a door in the centre and a window on each side, the whole front shaded by a broad verandah, and the house thatched with the leaves of the traveller's...
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Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers ..., Volume 11

Chambers's journal - 1859 - 432 pages
...'a well-constructed native dwelling, about forty feet long, and between twenty and thirty feet high, with a door in the centre, and a window on each side, the whole front shaded with a veranda, and the bouge thntched with the leaves of the traveller's tree.'...
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The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, Volume 2, Issue 4; Volume 4

Art - 1859 - 532 pages
...a well constructed native dwelling, about forty feet long and between twenty and thirty feet high, with a door in the centre and a window on each side ; the whole front shaded by a broad verandah, and the house thatched with tbe leaves of the traveller's...
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Old Snowfield's Fortune, and what Became of it: A Psychological Novel

Felix Weiss - 1873 - 264 pages
...Lane turned to the left through Hemmings Row, and on the right-hand side found an old-fashioned shop with a door in the centre and a window on each side. The shop no longer exists, but the recollection of it is strong in Farleigh's mind. The one window...
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Chicago Antiquities: Comprising Original Items and Relations, Letters ...

Henry Higgins Hurlbut - Chicago (Ill.) - 1881 - 712 pages
...gentleman tells us that the house was of one story, with a low garret above, in length perhaps fifty feet, with a door in the centre, and a. window on each side of the door, and also windows in the rear, but none in the ends, excepting small ones in each end of...
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Evolution in Italian Art

Grant Allen - Christian art and symbolism - 1908 - 386 pages
...if they draw a house, they draw that house complete and entire, from the ground to the copingstone, with a door in the centre, and a window on each side, and three more above, and on top of all a couple of chimneys, conscientiously smoking. Now the art of Giotto's...
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Early Music History: Volume 12: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Music

Iain Fenlon - Music - 1994 - 258 pages
...supervisor of works suggested should be imitated in Pavia using a 'transverse wall like that in Milan with a door in the centre and a window on each side, through which those in the chapel might be able to follow the Mass and also see the altarpiece'.84...
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