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Title: The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics
Year: 1809 (1800s)
Authors: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834
Subjects: Fashion Art, Decorative
Publisher: London : Published by R. Ackermann ... Sherwood & Co. and Walker & Co. ... and Simpkin & Marshall ...
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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eed.The entrance to the castle is by adrawbridge, which conducts to a finequadrangular court; and opposite toit is the principal entrance to themansion, which leads to the hall, or-namented with medallions and sur-rounded with a gallery. To the leftof this hall are some offices; to theright, an armory and bed-rooms.The principal staircase opens to thelibrary on the right, containing a finecollection of books, some very rare;over against this is the drawing-room, which more properly shouldbe termed a picture-gallery, fromthe number of portraits and otherworks of art which it contains. Thisis a noble room, extending nearly thewhole of one side of the quadrangle;and connected with it is a room nowused as a billiard-room, which leadsto an immense suite of rooms, em-bracing the state bed-rooms, somecovered with tapestry and otherswith paintings. Close by the castle is the church, which is dedicated to St. Michael. It is a Gothic structure, about 88 feet long and 20 wide, with a square I ?.
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THK PLAZA DR LA CKRADA AT MADUID. 251 embattled tower at the west end. Inthe church-yard is an old cross, withan ancient yew-tree, measuring 9 feetround. The small parish of Enmore ispleasantly situated, four miles westof Bridgewater, and six north ofTaunton. The noble ridge of theQuantock hills lies about three milesto the west. The Percevals held North-Westonin this county before the Conquest;for by the Norman Survey we findAzeline, or Ascelin-Gavel de Perce-val, thus mentioned: Azeline holdsof the Bishop Westone. Britnodheld it in the time of King Edward,and gelded for seven hides. Thearable is six carucates. In demesnesare three carucates, and two ser-vants, and six villains, and sevencottagers, with three ploughs. After intermarriages with variousnoble families, we find one of thisfamily, Sir Richard de Perceval, theyoungest son of Gavel de Perceval,by Auberie, daughter of RobertEarl of Mellent, was portioned by his father with lands in Stamel inSomerset; besides which, he hadMut

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