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... Engraved Gems . It may with truth be asserted that there are few remains of ancient art so replete with grace and beauty as the engraved gems of antiquity ; and when we take into consideration the important uses they have subserved to ...
... Engraved Gems . It may with truth be asserted that there are few remains of ancient art so replete with grace and beauty as the engraved gems of antiquity ; and when we take into consideration the important uses they have subserved to ...
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... Engraved Gems . It may with truth be asserted that there are few remains of ancient art so replete with grace and beauty as the engraved gems of antiquity ; and when we take into consideration the important uses they have subserved to ...
... Engraved Gems . It may with truth be asserted that there are few remains of ancient art so replete with grace and beauty as the engraved gems of antiquity ; and when we take into consideration the important uses they have subserved to ...
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... engravings as works of art , we have in them perfectly preserved examples of the taste and skill of those ages when the ... engraved gems , both for the use of signets and for personal decorations , artists of the highest ability did not ...
... engravings as works of art , we have in them perfectly preserved examples of the taste and skill of those ages when the ... engraved gems , both for the use of signets and for personal decorations , artists of the highest ability did not ...
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... engraving used at different periods , as well as an accurate discrimination of the respective styles of art , and , above all , the constant examination of large numbers of all descriptions of engraved stones , are absolutely ...
... engraving used at different periods , as well as an accurate discrimination of the respective styles of art , and , above all , the constant examination of large numbers of all descriptions of engraved stones , are absolutely ...
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... engraved gems could always be introduced as an excellent intermediary whenever the conversation threatened to flag . I for my part could indeed only appreciate the poetical part of the engraving , the subject itself , the composition ...
... engraved gems could always be introduced as an excellent intermediary whenever the conversation threatened to flag . I for my part could indeed only appreciate the poetical part of the engraving , the subject itself , the composition ...
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