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many eminences that are dug into for bricks , as well as heaps of bricks , themselves . These bricks ( he says ) are a foot square , and remarkably well baked ; and having originally been laid in matter that had no degree of tenacity ...
many eminences that are dug into for bricks , as well as heaps of bricks , themselves . These bricks ( he says ) are a foot square , and remarkably well baked ; and having originally been laid in matter that had no degree of tenacity ...
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These bricks , too , are to be traced among the buildings of Bagdad and other cities ; as we find Roman bricks in and about those towns , that were formerly Roman stations , in Great Britain . The palace of Chosroes in Ctesephon ( now ...
These bricks , too , are to be traced among the buildings of Bagdad and other cities ; as we find Roman bricks in and about those towns , that were formerly Roman stations , in Great Britain . The palace of Chosroes in Ctesephon ( now ...
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The impression of regular characters made on this brick is indistinct in many respects . ... The carelessness , indeed , with which the stamp has been placed on this and on others of these bricks , seems to indicate the haste of an ...
The impression of regular characters made on this brick is indistinct in many respects . ... The carelessness , indeed , with which the stamp has been placed on this and on others of these bricks , seems to indicate the haste of an ...
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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| Title | North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4 |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2020 |
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