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 S. Low, 1861 - Počet stran: 239 |
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Strana 29
... feet is used to scoop out the earth , into which it speedily sinks and is covered up . Of the remaining group of reptiles - the salamanders , or water lizards , with smooth , naked , slimy skins , and living under damp logs , or stones ...
... feet is used to scoop out the earth , into which it speedily sinks and is covered up . Of the remaining group of reptiles - the salamanders , or water lizards , with smooth , naked , slimy skins , and living under damp logs , or stones ...
Strana 53
... feet wide ; the streets vary from 90 to 110 feet . In the original plan , submitted to Congress in January , 1790 , the following im- provements were suggested : - 1. An equestrian statue of Washington to occupy the present site of the ...
... feet wide ; the streets vary from 90 to 110 feet . In the original plan , submitted to Congress in January , 1790 , the following im- provements were suggested : - 1. An equestrian statue of Washington to occupy the present site of the ...
Strana 71
... feet front and eighty - six deep ; it is built of freestone , painted white , with Ionic pilasters , com- prehending ... feet . Advancing through a screen of Ionic columns , apparently of white marble , but only an imitation , the door ...
... feet front and eighty - six deep ; it is built of freestone , painted white , with Ionic pilasters , com- prehending ... feet . Advancing through a screen of Ionic columns , apparently of white marble , but only an imitation , the door ...
Strana 72
... feet long by forty feet wide , with a clear height of twenty - two feet . Inadequate as the building is now con- fessed to be for the accommodation of the chief magistrate of the nation , there was a time when it was deemed quite too ...
... feet long by forty feet wide , with a clear height of twenty - two feet . Inadequate as the building is now con- fessed to be for the accommodation of the chief magistrate of the nation , there was a time when it was deemed quite too ...
Strana 83
... feet long by 266 wide , with four fronts on as many streets ; and the interior space will be subdivided , by a centre building , into two courts , each 130 feet square . The history of the State Department of the United States commences ...
... feet long by 266 wide , with four fronts on as many streets ; and the interior space will be subdivided , by a centre building , into two courts , each 130 feet square . The history of the State Department of the United States commences ...
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