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... 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 the ...
... 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 the ...
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... gems of all ages and of every style . These I have illustrated by passages from ancient authors , and by copious extracts from other sources , tending to eluci- date the matters herein discussed . This book had in fact its first origin ...
... gems of all ages and of every style . These I have illustrated by passages from ancient authors , and by copious extracts from other sources , tending to eluci- date the matters herein discussed . This book had in fact its first origin ...
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... gems , and are , besides this , almost the sole means we have of deter- mining the date of the gems with which they coincide in the identity of workmanship and of treatment , it seemed unad- visable to pass them over without some slight ...
... gems , and are , besides this , almost the sole means we have of deter- mining the date of the gems with which they coincide in the identity of workmanship and of treatment , it seemed unad- visable to pass them over without some slight ...
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... gems . The collection in the British Museum , though scarcely on a par , numerically speaking , with its other monuments of ancient art - its statues , vases , bronzes , and coins - is nevertheless of great value and importance ...
... gems . The collection in the British Museum , though scarcely on a par , numerically speaking , with its other monuments of ancient art - its statues , vases , bronzes , and coins - is nevertheless of great value and importance ...
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... gem . Various other reasons may be assigned for the great number of fine antique gems which have found their way into the collections of this country . The frequent revolutions and political commotions which have disturbed the continent ...
... gem . Various other reasons may be assigned for the great number of fine antique gems which have found their way into the collections of this country . The frequent revolutions and political commotions which have disturbed the continent ...
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