5000 Facts and Fancies: A Cyclopaedia of Important, Curious, Quaint, and Unique Information in History, Literature, Science, Art, and Nature ...G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1901 - 816 Seiten |
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... PAINTINGS , AND OTHER WORKS OF ART AND UTILITY ; CELEBRATED LITERARY PRODUCTIONS ; SOBRIQUETS AND NICKNAMES ; LITERARY PSEUDONYMS ; MYTHOLOGICAL AND IMAGINARY CHARACTERS ; POLITICAL AND SLANG TERMS ; DERIVATIONS OF PECULIAR WORDS AND ...
... PAINTINGS , AND OTHER WORKS OF ART AND UTILITY ; CELEBRATED LITERARY PRODUCTIONS ; SOBRIQUETS AND NICKNAMES ; LITERARY PSEUDONYMS ; MYTHOLOGICAL AND IMAGINARY CHARACTERS ; POLITICAL AND SLANG TERMS ; DERIVATIONS OF PECULIAR WORDS AND ...
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... paintings , and other works of art and utility ; celebrated literary productions ; sobriquets and nicknames ; literary pseudonyms ; mythological and imaginary characters ; political and slang terms ; derivations of peculiar words and ...
... paintings , and other works of art and utility ; celebrated literary productions ; sobriquets and nicknames ; literary pseudonyms ; mythological and imaginary characters ; political and slang terms ; derivations of peculiar words and ...
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... paintings and statuary . The greater part of these works of art is now in the Museum of Fine Arts " in Boston . One of the most interesting collections is the library of George Washington , purchased in 1848 for $ 5000 . In the ...
... paintings and statuary . The greater part of these works of art is now in the Museum of Fine Arts " in Boston . One of the most interesting collections is the library of George Washington , purchased in 1848 for $ 5000 . In the ...
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... painted on the ceil- ing of the summer - house of the Rospi- glioni Palace in Rome . It is considered to be the ... painting in the last 200 years . " - Burckhardt . Aurora Borealis . ( Lat . Northern Light ) . The name given to a lumi ...
... painted on the ceil- ing of the summer - house of the Rospi- glioni Palace in Rome . It is considered to be the ... painting in the last 200 years . " - Burckhardt . Aurora Borealis . ( Lat . Northern Light ) . The name given to a lumi ...
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... painted by St. Luke while the artist was asleep over his work . image is said to effect miraculous cures , and receives more fees than any physician in Rome . The festival of the " Bambino " occurs at the Epiphany . At that time , this ...
... painted by St. Luke while the artist was asleep over his work . image is said to effect miraculous cures , and receives more fees than any physician in Rome . The festival of the " Bambino " occurs at the Epiphany . At that time , this ...
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