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In the centre of this Place was an oblong water-piece, about 300 ft. by 200 ft., and on the farther side, opposite the Arsenal buildings, were the Senate House and other public buildings; and behind these and to the right and left of them the Theatre and the
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Place with its water-piece, and the public buildings, were laid out on an axis line, and on a regular rectangulated plan.
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Furiant promises to become a water-piece under Bloch's fluid hands, the filigree reminiscent at several turns of the Grieg Concerto.
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(in the water-piece), Mr. Spencer Forde, forms a very entertaining character.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 Various
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