Harper's Magazine, Volume 15Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1857 - American literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... feet by a breadth of thirty feet . Recently it has been found necessary to enlarge it . It is now 228 feet long , seventy feet deep , and with an exten- sion in the rear of nearly 100 feet more . It contains about 130 rooms ; the ...
... feet by a breadth of thirty feet . Recently it has been found necessary to enlarge it . It is now 228 feet long , seventy feet deep , and with an exten- sion in the rear of nearly 100 feet more . It contains about 130 rooms ; the ...
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... feet ( front ) on Meeting Street , and 155 on Henri- etta . The side walls are 40 feet high , and the west , or front , is 70 feet to the point of the ga- ble . The audience - room , which is elevated 54 feet above the pavement , is 55 feet ...
... feet ( front ) on Meeting Street , and 155 on Henri- etta . The side walls are 40 feet high , and the west , or front , is 70 feet to the point of the ga- ble . The audience - room , which is elevated 54 feet above the pavement , is 55 feet ...
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... feet ; no great elevation , perhaps , except in a city so little above the sea as Charleston . It is here even now overtopped by others . But it is not a mere spire . It is a series of ornamented chambers , gradually rising from each ...
... feet ; no great elevation , perhaps , except in a city so little above the sea as Charleston . It is here even now overtopped by others . But it is not a mere spire . It is a series of ornamented chambers , gradually rising from each ...
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... feet long , 62 wide . The arms form the vestibule , tower , and porticoes , at each end , pro- jecting 12 feet beyond the sides , and surmounted by a pediment . The interior decorations of this church are rich and impressive , much more ...
... feet long , 62 wide . The arms form the vestibule , tower , and porticoes , at each end , pro- jecting 12 feet beyond the sides , and surmounted by a pediment . The interior decorations of this church are rich and impressive , much more ...
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... feet in diame- ter , surmounted with a dome crowned by a lantern light . The building will accom- modate more than two thousand persons . The ef- fect of the interior is good ; in fact , very striking , par- ticularly with a full house ...
... feet in diame- ter , surmounted with a dome crowned by a lantern light . The building will accom- modate more than two thousand persons . The ef- fect of the interior is good ; in fact , very striking , par- ticularly with a full house ...
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