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... towns , villages , parishes , & c .; including all public , civil buildings , & c . In these classes should be included plans , drawings , and ad- measurements of all the objects , & c . , whether in general views , or details of even ...
... towns , villages , parishes , & c .; including all public , civil buildings , & c . In these classes should be included plans , drawings , and ad- measurements of all the objects , & c . , whether in general views , or details of even ...
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... towns , sub- terraneous constructions which may have served for wells or store- houses , aqueducts or drains ? In the event of the discovery of Roman edifices , carefully note any traces of apparatus for warming apartments , by flues ...
... towns , sub- terraneous constructions which may have served for wells or store- houses , aqueducts or drains ? In the event of the discovery of Roman edifices , carefully note any traces of apparatus for warming apartments , by flues ...
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... towns , the markets , and fairs . The affairs of the municipality . Police , and statistics of crime . The large field of parochial economy , which comes under the head of education , has hardly been noticed . The charitable in ...
... towns , the markets , and fairs . The affairs of the municipality . Police , and statistics of crime . The large field of parochial economy , which comes under the head of education , has hardly been noticed . The charitable in ...
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... to Liverpool , for instance , they would find that two centuries ago it was little more than a fishing town ; but see what it was at the present moment , with its docks , its shipping , and its commerce , connecting it with every B 2.
... to Liverpool , for instance , they would find that two centuries ago it was little more than a fishing town ; but see what it was at the present moment , with its docks , its shipping , and its commerce , connecting it with every B 2.
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... town , it was worthy of their support . Mr. PIDGEON , one of the Secretaries , read from the minute book , an account of the preliminary meetings which had been held , from which it appeared that the society had originated with Mr ...
... town , it was worthy of their support . Mr. PIDGEON , one of the Secretaries , read from the minute book , an account of the preliminary meetings which had been held , from which it appeared that the society had originated with Mr ...
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Page 82 - I leave untouched (the picture else Were incomplete) a relique of old times Happily spared, a little Gothic niche Of nicest workmanship ; that once had held The sculptured image of some patron-saint, Or of the blessed Virgin, looking down On all who entered those religious doors.
Page 1 - The most pleasant Song of Lady Bessy, the eldest Daughter of King Edward the Fourth, and how she married King Henry the Seventh of the House of Lancaster.
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Page 38 - ... as followeth in the succeeding contents ; which, if encouraged by liberal and free contributors, may appear in the world ; else will sleep in the bed of its conception, and never see the glorious light of the sun." His appeal was not successful ; the world seemed satisfied with the contents of the ponderous volume of the Academy, which had already exceeded eleven hundred pages ; and the unpublished materials now quietly repose on the shelves of the British Museum.
Page 1 - His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.
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