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At the end of the avenue the perspective is wonderful, for one looks through a series of great stone toriis, gray with age, and sees along the way objects that are of interest, a five-story pagoda being the most striking.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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Within the two courts, each with toriis and stone steps, are many notable adjuncts to the temples, the five-story pagoda, one hundred and four feet high, being a marvel of rich lacquered walls.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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We passed through three stone toriis before reaching the temple, which stands at the head of a broad flight of stone steps.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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In the afternoon a walk back of the temple of Ieyasu revealed more stone lanterns, shrines, and toriis.
Travels in the Far East Ellen Mary Hayes Peck
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Ita ut & tandem Imperii Civitatcs (circa annum Clirirti 1400.) ob benemerita crga ImperiumRomanum, oblibcralitarematquecon - niventiam Imperatorum, permutatione, emptione venditionc, ac donationibus lilentio atque diutina allu - vione, ablraperiiPriEfeiflis, eorurdquemoleftiis, kCc exemerint, territorialcmquc jurisdidionem in fuistcrri - toriis fibi acquifierinr.
Nicolai Myleri ab Ehrenbach Metrologia. Hoc est, de jure statuendi de mensuris, ponderibus & moletrinis. Ubi in specie quoque. De lapide terminali & torculis, tam privatis quam publicis ac bannalibus, singularia quaedam & non vulgaria exhibentur & variae quaestiones explicantur. Tractatus practicus. In quo quicquid vulgari aut exotica lingua traditum, in linguam latinam transversum est Myler von Ehrenbach, Johann Nikolaus, 1610-1677 1683
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