A Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; ... To which are Added, Correct Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, ...Daniel Prince; John Rivington, and R. Baldwin, London, 1759 - 137 pages |
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... Marble . The Vice - Chancellor fits at the Weft End of the middle Ifle , on a kind of Throne ele- vated fome few Steps ; a little below fit the two Proctors ; on either Hand , defcending , the Heads of Houfes and Doctors ; below thefe ...
... Marble . The Vice - Chancellor fits at the Weft End of the middle Ifle , on a kind of Throne ele- vated fome few Steps ; a little below fit the two Proctors ; on either Hand , defcending , the Heads of Houfes and Doctors ; below thefe ...
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... Marbles , Statues , Buftos , & c . which were many Years at Eafton , the Seat of the Earl of Pomfret , and were lately ... Marble in two Pieces , fluted , taken from among the Ruins of the Tem- ple of Apollo at the Ifle of Delos , where ...
... Marbles , Statues , Buftos , & c . which were many Years at Eafton , the Seat of the Earl of Pomfret , and were lately ... Marble in two Pieces , fluted , taken from among the Ruins of the Tem- ple of Apollo at the Ifle of Delos , where ...
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... Marble , whereon is raifed the upper Part of a Man with his Arms and Hands extended , and the Impreffion like- ' wife of a Foot . This I fuppofe the original Stan- dard of the Greek Measure . Upon the Apex of the Pediment is a fine ...
... Marble , whereon is raifed the upper Part of a Man with his Arms and Hands extended , and the Impreffion like- ' wife of a Foot . This I fuppofe the original Stan- dard of the Greek Measure . Upon the Apex of the Pediment is a fine ...
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... Marble Chair with an Infcrip- tion on the Back of it , denoting that it belonged · to the High - Prieft of Ifis , as faid , for it is ob- literated . It is remarkably easy to fit on ; the ' Sides are emboffed with winged Sphynxes . On ...
... Marble Chair with an Infcrip- tion on the Back of it , denoting that it belonged · to the High - Prieft of Ifis , as faid , for it is ob- literated . It is remarkably easy to fit on ; the ' Sides are emboffed with winged Sphynxes . On ...
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... Marbles are now placed to great Advantage in the Moral Philofophy School . Near the Schools ftands the THEATRE , in Form almost of a Roman D , only longer in Pro- portion from Right to Left ; it hath a flat Roof , compofed of fhort ...
... Marbles are now placed to great Advantage in the Moral Philofophy School . Near the Schools ftands the THEATRE , in Form almost of a Roman D , only longer in Pro- portion from Right to Left ; it hath a flat Roof , compofed of fhort ...
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