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; the Gardens, ... To which are Added, Correct Descriptions of ... Blenheim, Ditchley, and Stow, ...Daniel Prince; John Rivington, and R. Baldwin, London, 1766 - 132 pages |
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... finishing it without , a curious fretwork Ciel- ing , a neat Altar - Piece , and well finished through- out . This Church is 72 Feet long , 42 wide , and 50 high without a Pillar . The Steeple is built af- ter the Manner of fome of the ...
... finishing it without , a curious fretwork Ciel- ing , a neat Altar - Piece , and well finished through- out . This Church is 72 Feet long , 42 wide , and 50 high without a Pillar . The Steeple is built af- ter the Manner of fome of the ...
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... finished in the highest Tafte ; especially its Roof . The fame Duke , over the Divinity School , erected this Library , ' which he furnished with 129 choice Volumes he procured from Italy ; befides which he gave 126 Volumes more in the ...
... finished in the highest Tafte ; especially its Roof . The fame Duke , over the Divinity School , erected this Library , ' which he furnished with 129 choice Volumes he procured from Italy ; befides which he gave 126 Volumes more in the ...
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... finish- ed at his Expence , as a Teftimony of his fincere Affection for the Place where his Grace received- his Education . This being now done , and the Pictures cleaned and repaired by Mr. Crawford ,. they are more advantageoufly ...
... finish- ed at his Expence , as a Teftimony of his fincere Affection for the Place where his Grace received- his Education . This being now done , and the Pictures cleaned and repaired by Mr. Crawford ,. they are more advantageoufly ...
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... finished in 1682. under the Conduct of Sir Chriftopher Wren , and is inferior to none in Sym- metry and Elegance . The Eaftern Portico is high- ly finished in the Corinthian Order , and adorned with Variety of Characteristical ...
... finished in 1682. under the Conduct of Sir Chriftopher Wren , and is inferior to none in Sym- metry and Elegance . The Eaftern Portico is high- ly finished in the Corinthian Order , and adorned with Variety of Characteristical ...
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... finished : In this Room is a very good Pic- ture of Queen Anne by Sir Godfrey Kneller . Southward of the Schools , in the Center of a beautiful Area , adorned with a confiderable Num- ber of Obelisks and Lamps , ftands the new public ...
... finished : In this Room is a very good Pic- ture of Queen Anne by Sir Godfrey Kneller . Southward of the Schools , in the Center of a beautiful Area , adorned with a confiderable Num- ber of Obelisks and Lamps , ftands the new public ...
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