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ancient times; or a relic of ancient times
- In that granite book, begun by the Orient, continued by Greek and Roman antiquity, the Middle Ages wrote the last page.1.5.2 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 2 — This Will Kill That (41% in)
- ...order to enunciate here only summarily, a law which it would require volumes to develop: in the high Orient, the cradle of primitive times, after Hindoo architecture came Phoenician architecture, that opulent mother of Arabian architecture; in antiquity, after Egyptian architecture, of which Etruscan style and cyclopean monuments are but one variety, came Greek architecture (of which the Roman style is only a continuation), surcharged with the Carthaginian dome; in modern times, after...1.5.2 — Vol 1 Bk 5 Chpt 2 — This Will Kill That (43% in)
- The person whom he designated by this name, took the papers into his hands again, and began to read aloud,— "To Adam Tenon, clerk of the warden of the seals of the provostship of Paris; for the silver, making, and engraving of said seals, which have been made new because the others preceding, by reason of their antiquity and their worn condition, could no longer be successfully used, twelve livres parisis.2.10.5 — Vol 2 Bk 10 Chpt 5 — The Retreat in which.... (18% in)
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