Remarkable Ruins: And Romantic Prospects, of North Britain. With Ancient Monuments, and Singular Subjects of Natural History, Հատոր 1Peter Mazell, 1788 - 209 էջ |
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... venerable remains of that ruined pile of facred buildings from falling into farther decay - a circumstance of respect to these splendid monuments of the original establishments of Chriftianity in the country , which has been too little ...
... venerable remains of that ruined pile of facred buildings from falling into farther decay - a circumstance of respect to these splendid monuments of the original establishments of Chriftianity in the country , which has been too little ...
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... venerable shrine and high altar of God to be placed there . The edifice was extenfive ; as usual , in form of a Jerufalem or Paffion crofs ; extending 264 feet in length , and 114 in breadth ; the height of the central tower , including ...
... venerable shrine and high altar of God to be placed there . The edifice was extenfive ; as usual , in form of a Jerufalem or Paffion crofs ; extending 264 feet in length , and 114 in breadth ; the height of the central tower , including ...
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... venerable front ; is moft deliciously fituated ; commands a view of the sea to the east , of a fertile country to the weft , bounded by the Grampian Hills ; and to the south , of the openings into the Firths of the Tay and Forth . The ...
... venerable front ; is moft deliciously fituated ; commands a view of the sea to the east , of a fertile country to the weft , bounded by the Grampian Hills ; and to the south , of the openings into the Firths of the Tay and Forth . The ...
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... venerable , as memorials of the length that human ingenuity will go , in providing the conveniences of life , in situations which we are apt to imagine the most helpless and forlorn . It is evident , that in the age when these fabrics ...
... venerable , as memorials of the length that human ingenuity will go , in providing the conveniences of life , in situations which we are apt to imagine the most helpless and forlorn . It is evident , that in the age when these fabrics ...
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... venerable walls , which yet fup- port the highly ornamental vaulted roofs of fome detached parts of the ruins ; fragments of rich capitals , and cornices half - buried in the foil ; still give an inviting air of forlorn grandeur to the ...
... venerable walls , which yet fup- port the highly ornamental vaulted roofs of fome detached parts of the ruins ; fragments of rich capitals , and cornices half - buried in the foil ; still give an inviting air of forlorn grandeur to the ...
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