Word: levels
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Ionic columns, 35 feet high, which will form the main entrance to the structure. This portico will be surmounted by a panel extending its entire length and filled with inscriptions. The stylobate of the main portico which will be 12 feet above the terrace, will be at the level of the top of the massive granite base of the building, whence, thus firmly planted, the superstructure will rise, and at the height of 70 feet a cornice with a severe but richly ornamented cheneau will terminate the height to which the arms of the cross will rise. Above this...
...said that the most noticeable feature of the geography of New England was the level upland surface, which forms all the rural part of the country. This upland slopes gradually down from a height of 1400 feet in New Hampshire to the coast line, where it sinks into the sea. Although generally level, this long stretch of land is broken by mountains, sometimes isolated and sometimes in groups, and also by valleys running toward the sea. When travelling through the valleys one does not realize how level the country really is, but from a high point of view the comparatively...
...upland has been worn to its present condition by the great glaciers which spread over all New England, covering even the highest peaks of the White Mountains. The lowlands, like the valley of the Connecticut River, have been dug out to a lower level because they were formed of soft material. There still exist in New England many traces of the ice period such as the rounded rocks of the mountain tops, and the large boulders found everywhere...
...named, inasmuch as both its geological and geographical features are in many respects similar to those of old England. The same peculiar specializations of structure are noticeable in both places. In the formation of the North American continent the New England region was the first to emerge above sea level. It has, therefore, acquired a permanence of character not to be found in any other part of the continent. This characteristic was further increased by the glaciers which at three distinct periods have passed over New England, thus increasing the hardness of the earth's surface...
...which were in the two rear corners, were concealed by arras. There was no curtain at all. Two-thirds the way up the back was a row of windows to light the stage. There were two roofs. The lower rested on pillars, the tops of which were on a level with the third gallery, and then slanted upwards toward the windows. The upper roof was horizontal and stretched from the top of the back wall half way over the slanting roof...