Philp's Washington Described: A Complete View of the American Capital, and the District of Columbia; with Many Notices, Historical, Topographical and Scientific, of the Seat of GovernmentWilliam D'Arcy Haley Philp & Solomons, 1860 - Počet stran: 239 |
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... ment , and also a resolution asking the coöperation of Maryland in inducing Congress to fix the seat of govern- ment upon the banks of the Potomac , and promising to advance a sum of money , not exceeding $ 120,000 , towards erecting ...
... ment , and also a resolution asking the coöperation of Maryland in inducing Congress to fix the seat of govern- ment upon the banks of the Potomac , and promising to advance a sum of money , not exceeding $ 120,000 , towards erecting ...
Strana 89
... ment ; and the whole arrangement of sills and piers , and the continued cornice , which serves as a window cap , is entirely novel . The antæ and the filling of the spaces between them are so arranged as to accomplish the very difficult ...
... ment ; and the whole arrangement of sills and piers , and the continued cornice , which serves as a window cap , is entirely novel . The antæ and the filling of the spaces between them are so arranged as to accomplish the very difficult ...
Strana 165
... ment , barely sufficed for the admission fee of the pro- posed memorial into Westminster Abbey . We can scarcely expect to be more successful in the United States , and deserve little reproach on account of the fact that , in a few ...
... ment , barely sufficed for the admission fee of the pro- posed memorial into Westminster Abbey . We can scarcely expect to be more successful in the United States , and deserve little reproach on account of the fact that , in a few ...
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