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" ... marble, two fountains that spout water one round the other like a pyramid, upon which are perched small birds that stream water out of their bills : In the grove of Diana is a very agreeable fountain, with Actaeon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled... "
Comments on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, with an Appendix, Containing ... - Page 394
by John Monck Mason - 1798 - 67 pages
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1795 - 532 pages
...with Acbeon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and the nymphs, with inscriptions. There is besides another pyramid of marble, full of...which spout upon all who come within their reach. From tie same itinerary <гае shall present our renders with the manner of celebrating harvest -home,...
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Comments on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher: With an Appendix, Containing ...

John Monck Mason - English drama - 1798 - 494 pages
...a strange anachronism, and destroy both metre and sense. Paul Hentzer, who visited England in i598, in his description of Nonsuch, the villa of Henry...SOPHOCLES Seven battles have I met thee, face to face, And given thee blow for blow, and wound for wound, And, till thou taught'st me, knew not to retire....
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The History and Survey of London and Its Environs from the ..., Volume 4

B. Lambert - London (England) - 1806 - 624 pages
...Actaeon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and her nymphs, with inscriptions. " There is besides, another pyramid of marble, full of concealed pipes, which spout upon all who rome within their reach. " Of this description, Mr. Walpole, afterwards Earl ofOrford, who published...
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A Journey Into England: In the Year M.D.XC.VIII.

Paul Hentzner - Great Britain - 1807 - 86 pages
...Actaeon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and her njmr.hs, \\iih inscriptions. There is besides another pyramid of marble full of concealed pipes, which spirt upon all who come within their reach. Returned from hence to LONDON. A SHORT BE3C3OPTION V OF...
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The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Among ..., Volume 1

John Nichols - England - 1823 - 710 pages
...with Actseon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and her nymphs, with inscriptions. There is besides another pyramid of marble full of concealed pipes, which spirt upon all who come within their reach." Hentzner. — " We are apt to think that Sir William Temple...
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A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Surrey

George Alexander Cooke - Surrey (England) - 1830 - 202 pages
...with Acteon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and her nymphs, with inscriptions. There is besides another pyramid of marble, full of concealed pipes, which spirt upon all who come within their reach." In the survey taken by order of the parliament in 1650,...
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An Encyclopędia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and Practice ..., Volume 1

John Claudius Loudon - Arboriculture - 1835 - 1326 pages
...with Actaxm turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and her nymphs, with inscriptions. There is, besides, another pyramid of marble full of concealed pipes, which spirt upon all who come within their reach." Lysons, in his Environe of London, informs us, that "...
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Domestic Architecture: Containing a History of the Science, and the ...

Richard Brown (architect.) - Architecture, Domestic - 1841 - 618 pages
...fountain, with a statue of Actseon turned into a stag, as he was punished by the goddess and her nymphs. There is besides another pyramid of marble full of concealed pipes, which throw water upon all that come within their reach, (like that at Versailles in France.)" — (Hentzner's...
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A topographical history of Surrey, by E.W. Brayley assisted by J ..., Volume 4

Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1841 - 638 pages
...with Action turned into a Stag, as he was sprinkled by the Goddess and her Nymphs, with inscriptions. There is besides another pyramid of marble full of concealed pipes, which spirt upon all who come within their reach."' In the Survey made by order of Parliament in 1650, and...
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The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New ..., Volume 2

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1843 - 592 pages
...strange . anachronism, and destroy both metre [according to theold arrangement] and sense. Paul Hentzner, who visited England in 1598, in his description of Nonsuch, the villa of HenryVIII., says, ' There is, besides, another pyramid of marble, full of concealed pipes, which spirt...
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