Travels in Spain: Containing a New, Accurate, and Comprehensive View of the Present State of that Country, Tom 1G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789 - 472 |
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Strona 35 - It is compofed of fquare ftones, placed one upon another, without any exterior appearance of cement, though we cannot now be certain whether they were really united without this aid, by being cut and placed with peculiar art, or whether the cement has been deftroyed by time.
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