A New Pocket Companion for Oxford: Or, Guide Through the University. Containing an Accurate Description of the Public Edifices, the Buildings in Each of the Colleges; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham and Stow, ... A New Edition, Corrected, Much Enlarged, and Adorned with a Plan of the University and City, and Six Other PlatesJ. Cooke, 1798 - 152 pages |
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... figure ; and feveral airy spaces are comprehended within these limits , befides the many courts and gardens belong- ing to the refpective Colleges . The City , properly fo called , formerly furrounded by a wall , with baftions at about ...
... figure ; and feveral airy spaces are comprehended within these limits , befides the many courts and gardens belong- ing to the refpective Colleges . The City , properly fo called , formerly furrounded by a wall , with baftions at about ...
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... figures bave greater fpirit . On the rock adjoining feems to have been the figure of a woman , perhaps of a muse , finging the atchievement to her harp . 91 A Sarcophagus with boys , 4 feet by 1 foot 4 . 92 A Sea Lion , 3 feet 6 inches ...
... figures bave greater fpirit . On the rock adjoining feems to have been the figure of a woman , perhaps of a muse , finging the atchievement to her harp . 91 A Sarcophagus with boys , 4 feet by 1 foot 4 . 92 A Sea Lion , 3 feet 6 inches ...
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... fome other of the Genii , who blowing their antick Trumpets , divide themselves into the feveral quarters of the world . Thus far in general . More More particularly , the circle of figures confifts , Firft FOR OXFORD . 15.
... fome other of the Genii , who blowing their antick Trumpets , divide themselves into the feveral quarters of the world . Thus far in general . More More particularly , the circle of figures confifts , Firft FOR OXFORD . 15.
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... figures confifts , Firft of Theology , with her Book of Seven Seals , imploring the affiftance of Truth for the ... figure with a Palm- branch , the emblem of reward for virtuous actions ; and the Roman Fafces , the marks of Power and ...
... figures confifts , Firft of Theology , with her Book of Seven Seals , imploring the affiftance of Truth for the ... figure with a Palm- branch , the emblem of reward for virtuous actions ; and the Roman Fafces , the marks of Power and ...
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... figures ; Optics with the Perfpective Glafs ; Geo- metry with a pair of Compaffes in her left - hand ; and a ta- ble with Geometrical figures in it , in her right - hand . And in the fquare on the other hand , Architecture embracing the ...
... figures ; Optics with the Perfpective Glafs ; Geo- metry with a pair of Compaffes in her left - hand ; and a ta- ble with Geometrical figures in it , in her right - hand . And in the fquare on the other hand , Architecture embracing the ...
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