The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volume 2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... high estimation by the antients . His great work is specified by Pausanias . It was a Juno in a sitting attitude , in the temple of Juno , at Platea , His great distinc- tion was grace , in which he is said to Eminent Antient Artists . 35.
... high estimation by the antients . His great work is specified by Pausanias . It was a Juno in a sitting attitude , in the temple of Juno , at Platea , His great distinc- tion was grace , in which he is said to Eminent Antient Artists . 35.
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... Temple of Diana , at Ephesus . This is asserted on the authority of Pliny , who describes the temple as hav- ing been four hundred and twenty five feet in length , and two hundred and twenty feet wide . It had a hundred and twenty ...
... Temple of Diana , at Ephesus . This is asserted on the authority of Pliny , who describes the temple as hav- ing been four hundred and twenty five feet in length , and two hundred and twenty feet wide . It had a hundred and twenty ...
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... temple of Nep- tune , in commemoration of his naval victories . CICERO was also a great encourager of the art of painting , and possessed a great number of exquisite pictures at his villa . It is to be much regretted that , although in ...
... temple of Nep- tune , in commemoration of his naval victories . CICERO was also a great encourager of the art of painting , and possessed a great number of exquisite pictures at his villa . It is to be much regretted that , although in ...
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... temple of Castor and Pollux , at Argos ; the tem- ple of Minerva , at Cleone . The island of Suger was indebted to their skill för statues of Apollo , Diana , Hercules , and Minerva . Pliny observes , that Ambracia , Argos , and Cleone ...
... temple of Castor and Pollux , at Argos ; the tem- ple of Minerva , at Cleone . The island of Suger was indebted to their skill för statues of Apollo , Diana , Hercules , and Minerva . Pliny observes , that Ambracia , Argos , and Cleone ...
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... temple of Concord , at Rome . A MINERVA , which was afterwards placed in the Capitol . A Figure of GOOD FORTUNE , having in its right hand a patera , in the left a poppy and a ear of corn . EUPHRANOR was also an author , and wrote a ...
... temple of Concord , at Rome . A MINERVA , which was afterwards placed in the Capitol . A Figure of GOOD FORTUNE , having in its right hand a patera , in the left a poppy and a ear of corn . EUPHRANOR was also an author , and wrote a ...
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