Bworation, ^c. [Continued from page 221, Vol. II.] Demosthenes, Lanthorn of (in architec-ture), a building in Athens, vulgarly and erro-neously called by this name from a false tradi-tion, that the celebrated orator, Demosthenes,was accustomed to retire thither in order to ex-ercise himself without… … Above this surbase rises a circular building,composed of six Corinthian columns, theinter-columniations being filled up by a partition. formed by pieces of marble; above thecolumns is placed a cupola, in the middle ofwhich is raised a flower, the leaves spreadingthree different ways, and, no doubt,…
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