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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 729

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le pillar, roimd atthe end, underneath for the instrument to slideupon; of the two parts of the long rulers whichextend beyond the parallelogram, one, c, shouldhave a piece of lead attached to it by a moveablesocket, so as to keep the instrument firm whilstin use, and at e and A should be sockets… … Gothic groined roofs, * Palace. The dwelling house of a king, prince,or bishop. In China it is customary to build pa-laces in honour of celebrated ancestors, and inthe year 1263, Hu-pi-lay, of the Mogul empire,built one for his ancestors, after the example ofthose of China. Palestra. That part of…

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