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A descriptive and historical account of various palaces and public buildings (English and foreign) : with biographical notices of their founders, and other eminent persons (1821)

Brewer, J. N. (James Norris), Gill, B. R · London : Printed by W. Lewis for W. Gilling · leaf 367

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n in Devonshire, in 1685, and again in 1700, for Melcomb-Regis inDorsetshire. He died in the year 1723, (at the advanced age of ninety-one)and was interred with great solemnity, in St, Pauls cathedral. The words of Mr. Hooke (who was perfectly qualified to form an opinionof his powers) appear to… … zri <; Y\ THE PANTHEON OF PARIS, AND A DESIGN FOR .i CENOTAPH. A HE name of this building is derived from the temple constructed at Romeby M. Agrippa, in honor of the gods. The Roman structure was in a circu-lar form, and the concave of the dome was intended to represent the heavenljregions.…

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