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  • The others, with the overturned vespasian columns, carriages thrown on their sides, blinds and shutters torn from their hinges, and old scenery, constructed, opposite the guard-house of Boulevard

    Napoleon the Little Victor Hugo 1843

  • I made but small collections, and have only bought some bronzes and medals, a few busts, and two or three pictures: one of my busts is to be mentioned; 'tis the famous vespasian in touchstone, reckoned the best in Rome, except the

    The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1 Horace Walpole 1757

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