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... Stone- henge in Wiltshire , and Carnac on the coast of Britanny . Having , after much difficulty , found some rest in the opinions of others about Stone- henge , but none whatever about Carnac , I now venture to offer one ( not new as ...
... Stone- henge in Wiltshire , and Carnac on the coast of Britanny . Having , after much difficulty , found some rest in the opinions of others about Stone- henge , but none whatever about Carnac , I now venture to offer one ( not new as ...
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... stones may or may not have been there for some sacred purpose before . If they were , then by the addi- tion of others the group was enlarged . All that is asked is that Stonehenge , as we see it , may be considered to be , what the ...
... stones may or may not have been there for some sacred purpose before . If they were , then by the addi- tion of others the group was enlarged . All that is asked is that Stonehenge , as we see it , may be considered to be , what the ...
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... stones of Carnac could ever have been intended for " a temple " of any kind , or even for an approach to a temple , seems very improbable . There are , it is true , in Egypt , long avenues of obelisks , or sphinxes , but they lead to ...
... stones of Carnac could ever have been intended for " a temple " of any kind , or even for an approach to a temple , seems very improbable . There are , it is true , in Egypt , long avenues of obelisks , or sphinxes , but they lead to ...
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... stones , perhaps by some work of large and costly kind , according to the taste and scale of our times . The taste and fashion in old British times ( espe- Well , now just let us weigh this ancient state- cially in cases of a public ...
... stones , perhaps by some work of large and costly kind , according to the taste and scale of our times . The taste and fashion in old British times ( espe- Well , now just let us weigh this ancient state- cially in cases of a public ...
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... stones - it struck me that , the whole num- ber of stones having been estimated by unpre- judiced travellers to have been probably ten or twelve thousand , the original arrangement may have been ( or , if never quite completed , may ...
... stones - it struck me that , the whole num- ber of stones having been estimated by unpre- judiced travellers to have been probably ten or twelve thousand , the original arrangement may have been ( or , if never quite completed , may ...
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A. B. GROSART ancient appears arms Bishop Bolton Percy British British Museum Byron called Carnac Castle Catalogue century Charles church clan copy correspondent curious daughter death died doubt Duke Earl Edinburgh edition Edward Elizabeth England English engraved FAVERSHAM ABBEY Freemasonry French George give given Grinling Gibbons Henry History honour Hugh Calveley Illustrations interesting James John Kenites King known La Salette Lady late letter Library London Lord Lord Byron Macbeth marriage married meaning ment mentioned notice original paper parish passage poem poet portrait possession present printed probably published Queen QUERIES quoted readers refer remarkable reply Robert Roger Royal Saint says Scotland seems Stonehenge stones Street supposed Thomas tion translation volume wife William WILLIAM BATES William Combe word writing written