... a multitude of pillars and white domes, clustered into a long low pyramid of coloured light; a treasure-heap, it seems, partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-of-pearl, hollowed beneath into five great vaulted porches, ceiled with fair mosaic,... The ten chief courts of the Sydenham palace - Página 135de Crystal palace - 1854 - 232 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-of-pearl, hollowed beneath into five great van I ted porches, ceiled with fair mosaic, and beset with sculpture...branches, all twined together into an endless network of buds and plumes, and in the midst of it, the solemn forms of angels, sceptred and robed to the feet,... | |
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...seems, partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-of-pearl, hollowed beneath into five great vaulted porches, ceiled with fair mosaic, and beset with sculpture...branches, all twined together into an endless network of buds and plumes; and in the midst of it, the solemn forms of angels, sceptred, and robed to the feet,... | |
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...seems, partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-ofpearl, hollowed beneath into five great vaulted porches, ceiled with fair mosaic, and beset with sculpture...as ivory,— sculpture fantastic and involved, of palm-leaves and lilies, and grapes and pomegranates, and birds clinging and fluttering among the branches,... | |
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...a seeming treasure-heap of gold, and opnl, und mother-of-pearl, ceiled with fair mosaic, and beser. with sculpture of alabaster, clear as amber and delicate...fluttering among the branches, all twined together into an eiulless network of buds and plumes; and, in the midst of it, the solemn forms of angels, sceptred... | |
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| Robert Scott Burn - 1857 - 138 páginas
...wonderful structure. " A treasure heap it seems, partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-of-pearl, hollowed beneath into five great porches, ceiled with...fluttering among the branches, all twined together in one endless network of birds and plants. In the midst of it the solemn forms of angels, sceptred,... | |
| Rand - 1857 - 344 páginas
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...seems, partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-of-pearl, hollowed beneath into five great vaulted porches, ceiled with fair mosaic, and beset with sculpture...and pomegranates, and birds clinging and fluttering in ra ij , . FM\ MvUK. among the branches, all twined together into an endless network of buds and... | |
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...seems, partly of gold, and partly of opal and mother-of-pearl, hollowed beneath into five great vaulted porches, ceiled with fair mosaic, and beset with sculpture...and pomegranates, and birds clinging and fluttering THE SIMPLON ROAD AND THE SWISS-ITALIAN LAKES. liKONZE HORSES OF ST. MARK. among the branches, all twined... | |
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