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Old and New London
… the lordly terrace of Saint Germains, the statues and fountains of Versailles. In the midst of this splendour, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… people, well dressed, were assembled to see him. The fountains (some of them) were got by Sir J Paxton into play … Fine day. The Crystal Palace have now nearly got all the fountains ready, so that they will be able to be used very … Altogether they have taken 240 ships. On Saturday the fountains played for the first time at the Crystal Palace, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and went today to witness the opening of the grand fountains and waterworks there. It was said that they (the fountains) were thrown to a height of 250 feet and many say …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… mother went to the Crystal Palace and was charmed with the fountains, which now play in and outside the building. The …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Sydenham, being the first shilling day on which the great fountains and the whole system of waterworks have played, I … with what I saw, although it was so far windy that the fountains at no part of the time could be seen to much …
Statutes of the Realm