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...against the clear blue sky, or were embosomed in woods. They had polished marble balconies, overhanging orange-gardens; courts, with cascades of water ; shady...water were made to gush ; the floors and walls were of excellent mosaic. From the ceilings, corniced with fretted gold, great chandeliers hung, one of which...

...overhanging orange-gardens; shady retreats provocative of slumber in the middle of the day; retiring rooms vaulted with stained glass speckled with gold, over...gush." The floors and walls were of exquisite mosaic, and the furniture was of sandal and citron wood. In summer the apartments were lowered in temperature...

...against the clear blue sky, or were embosomed in woods. They had polished marble balconies, overhanging orange-gardens, courts with cascades of water, shady...there, apartments into which cool air was drawn from flower-gardens, in summer, by means of ventilating towers, and in the winter through earthen pipes,...

...against the clear blue sky, or were embosomed in woods. They had polished marble balconies, overhanging orange-gardens, courts with cascades of water, shady...retreats provocative of slumber in the heat of the day, retiring - rooms, vaulted with stained glass, speckled with gold, over which streams of water were...

...blue sky, or were embosomed in woods. They had polished marble balconies, overhanging orange gardens ; courts with cascades of water; shady retreats provocative of slumber in the heat of the day ; retiring rooms vaulted with i stained glass, speckled with gold, over which streams of water were...

...rooms vaxilted with stained glass over which streams of water were made to gush, with floors and walls of exquisite mosaic. Here, a fountain of quicksilver...apartments into which cool air was drawn from the flower gardens in summer by means of ventilating towers. The walls were adorned with arabesques and...

...against the clear blue sky, or were embosomed in woods. They had polished marble balconies, overhanging orange-gardens ; courts, with cascades of water ;...water were made to gush; the floors and walls were of excellent mosaic. From the ceilings, corniced with fretted gold, great chandeliers hung, one of which...