Library of Congress and the Interior Decorations: A Practical Guide for Visitors with Descriptions of All the Painting, Sculptures and Statues, the Wall Quotations, Floor Plans, and Sixteen Interior Views from Photographs |
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... gold leaf . The cresting of the Dome above the lantern , 195 - ft . from the ground , terminates in a gilded finial , repre- senting the torch of Science , ever burning . The thirty - three windows of the corner pavilion and of the west ...
... gold leaf . The cresting of the Dome above the lantern , 195 - ft . from the ground , terminates in a gilded finial , repre- senting the torch of Science , ever burning . The thirty - three windows of the corner pavilion and of the west ...
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... gold of the white and gold ceiling is like that of the dome , 22 - carats fine . 3. The Central Stair Hall . The details which one will not fail to note are Martiny's bronze - lamp bearers and relief figures in the staircases , which ...
... gold of the white and gold ceiling is like that of the dome , 22 - carats fine . 3. The Central Stair Hall . The details which one will not fail to note are Martiny's bronze - lamp bearers and relief figures in the staircases , which ...
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... gold ground on which are floating female figures . Above the mantle is carved the shield of the Union sur- mounted by the American Eagle , and supported by flying Genii . ( By Adams . ) 6. Representatives ' Reading Room . Reached by ...
... gold ground on which are floating female figures . Above the mantle is carved the shield of the Union sur- mounted by the American Eagle , and supported by flying Genii . ( By Adams . ) 6. Representatives ' Reading Room . Reached by ...
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... gold - clasped volume . In the panels on either side are the names of great histori- ans : Herodotus , Thucydides , Polybius , Livy , Tacitus , Bæda , Comines , Hume , Gibbon , Niebuhr , Guizot , Ranke , Bancroft , Motley . In the left ...
... gold - clasped volume . In the panels on either side are the names of great histori- ans : Herodotus , Thucydides , Polybius , Livy , Tacitus , Bæda , Comines , Hume , Gibbon , Niebuhr , Guizot , Ranke , Bancroft , Motley . In the left ...
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... gold , the sources of which are shown by the action of the corrup- tionist who is placing his bribe in her sliding scale . That the Briber has pur- chased legislation is indicated by the book of the law which he holds on his own lap ...
... gold , the sources of which are shown by the action of the corrup- tionist who is placing his bribe in her sliding scale . That the Briber has pur- chased legislation is indicated by the book of the law which he holds on his own lap ...
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American eagle arch Archæology ARCHITECT Architecture book-stacks border bronze doors building caduceus Capitol cartouche carved Central Stair Hall CHIEF OF ENGINEERS corners decorations dome east hall EDWARD PEARCE EDWARD PEARCE CASEY emblematic emblems Entrance Pavilion-First Entrance Pavilion-Second female figures Fust Gallery garlands genii genius globe goddess Greek Herodotus holds Il Penseroso inscribed inscription interior L'Allegro lamp laurel-crowned Librarian's Room LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Light Literature lyre Lyric Poetry MANTEL marble Martiny's Minerva mosaic Muse Music names naval crown Niehaus North Corridor North Hall Northeast pavilion numbers Omphale open book palette Parthenon PAVILION OF SECOND Pavilion-Second Floor peace picture pneumatic tubes Poetry Printers reclining represented rostral column Rotunda Science scroll Sculpture seals Second Entrance pavilion SENATE READING ROOM series begins serpent shield Sibyl side SMITHMEYER South Curtain Corridor South Hall Southwest Pavilion stack Standard Guide story supporting sword symbols tablet torch tympanum typified wall West Corridor winged woman
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Page 13 - This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
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Page 16 - God, That God, which ever lives and loves, One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
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Page 21 - Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY. And, by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of Wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever...
Page 6 - The knighthood-errant of this realm and all The realms together under me, their Head, In that fair Order of my Table Round, A glorious company, the flower of men, To serve as model for the mighty world, And be the fair beginning of a time.
Page 15 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.