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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 764

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used to conceal small openings. Phcenix. a bird famous in antiquity, but ge-nerally considered by the moderns as being fabu-lous. Tiie ancients speak of this bird as unique,and their artists represent it as of the size of an Plume. Plumes of feathers were often used bythe ancient artists to… … eagle, its head finely crested with a beautiful plu-mage, its neck covered with feathers of a goldencolour, and the rest of it purple, with the exceptionof the tail, which is white. The eyes are extremelysparkling like stars. Ptbamid. a building of a pyramidal form.The most ancient people raised…

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