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These reconstructions were the source for many of the varied geometric shapes within Burlington's Villa, including the use of the octagon, circle and rectangle ( with apses ).
Lord Burlington's use of certain motifs and decorative schemes suggests that he regarded the Villa and its garden as a single entity.
The " Train of the Goddesses " arrived at the Illinois Railway Museum on September 21, 1968 and it has been in use by the museum since then ; it is still operated on short runs on the Museum's substantial trackage, providing train enthusiasts and tourists with an experience reminiscent of the heyday of the Burlington's Zephyr service.

Burlington's and Roman
Burlington's Palladio drawings include many reconstructions after Vitruvius of Roman buildings, which Burlington planned to publish.
According to Howard Colvin, " Burlington's mission was to reinstate in Augustan England the canons of Roman architecture as described by Vitruvius, exemplified by its surviving remains, and practised by Palladio, Scamozzi and Jones.
The poet Alexander Pope ( who had his own Villa with gardens in nearby Twickenham ), was also involved, and was responsible for confirming Lord Burlington's belief that Roman and Greek gardens were largely ' informal ' affairs, with nature ruled by God.
Evidence for this belief was provided through his translation into English of Homer's cornerstones of European literature The Iliad and The Odyssey which provided brief glimpses of Greek gardens which gave validation to Burlington's belief in the naturalistic appearance of Roman gardens.
The gardens at Chiswick were filled with fabriques ( garden buildings ) which illustrated Lord Burlington's knowledge of Roman, Greek, Egyptian and Renaissance architecture, and statues and architecture which expressed his Whig ( and very possibly Jacobite ) ideals.

Burlington's and can
A third, and potentially the most controversial explanation of the iconographical program of the central ceiling painting can be read in terms of Lord Burlington's suspected Jacobite loyalties.

Burlington's and be
Burlington's architectural drawings, inherited by his son-in-law the Duke of Devonshire are preserved at Chatsworth, and enable attributions that would not otherwise be possible.
The three internal spiral staircases, based on Palladian precedent, were not intended to be accessed by Lord Burlington's guests, and were used only by the house servants ; a dumb waiter was installed in place of the fourth internal staircase.
The military theme in these paintings may possibly be a reference to Lord Burlington's status as a Knight of the Order of the Garter or his position as head of the ' Gentlemen Pensioners ' ( symbolic bodyguards to the King ).
While the village of South Point claims to be the southernmost point in Ohio, Burlington's southernmost point, just above South Point's southern point, is plainly a short distance farther south.
Burlington's main business used to be on Fairhaven St. Now it is a gathering for the whole town in the summer for the annual Berry Dairy Days.

Burlington's and dome
By 1945, Budd had become intrigued with Electro-Motive Diesel ’ s R. Osborne ’ s idea of a dome passenger car, and built the first experimental one in the Burlington's Aurora Shops.

Burlington's and villa
Lord Burlington's intentions for his villa have never been established and received much speculation.

Burlington's and which
* ( Burlington House, Piccadilly, London ): Burlington's own contribution is likely to have been restricted to the former colonnade ( demolished 1868 ) In London, Burlington offered designs for features at several aristocratic free-standing dwellings, none of which have survived: Queensbury House in Burlington Gardens ( a gateway ); Warwick House, Warwick Street ( interiors ); Richmond House, Whitehall ( the main building );
* Westminster School, the Dormitory: 1722 – 1730 ( altered, bombed and restored ), the first public work by Burlington, for which Sir Christopher Wren had provided a design, which was rejected in favor of Burlington's, a triumph for the Palladians and a sign of changing English taste.
As he rose through the royal architectural establishment, the Board of Works, Kent applied this style to several public buildings in London, for which Burlington's patronage secured him the commissions: the Royal Mews at Charing Cross ( 1731 – 33, demolished in 1830 ), the Treasury buildings in Whitehall ( 1733 – 37 ), the Horse Guards building in Whitehall, ( designed shortly before his death and built 1750 – 1759 ).
This was Lord Burlington's attempt to symbolise the Appian Way which led to ancient Rome.
This room was Lord Burlington's studiola or ‘ Drawing Room ’ and originally contained a large table by William Kent which contained many designs by architects such as Andrea Palladio, Inigo Jones, John Webb and Vincenzo Scamozzi, which were ready for inspection.
Lord Burlington's gardens were inspired by such gardens as those of the Emperor Hadrian's Villa Adriana at Tivoli, from which the three statues at the end of the exedra were alleged to have come
Lord Burlington's garden at Chiswick was one of the first to include garden buildings and ancient statues which were to symbolically evoke the mood and appearance of ancient Rome.
Immediately behind the ha-ha and positioned between the two Deer Houses was a building known as the Orangery, which, as its name suggests, originally housed Lords Burlington's orange trees over the cold winter period ( some of these trees were once positioned around the perimeter of the Ionic Temple ).
It has also been claimed that Lord Burlington was influenced by Chinese gardens which were largely informal, but the flavor of the Orient was not evoked in Burlington's gardens which were visually classically inspired.
This was possibly due to Burlington's intense dislike of the Gothic style which he regarded as barbaric and backward.
This older population was also reflected in Burlington's average age of 40. 3, which was higher than the Canadian average of 39. 5.
During Burlington's minority James Gibbs made exterior alterations to the house, including a quadrant Doric colonnade which was later praised by Sir William Chambers as, " One of the finest pieces of architecture ".
Its current name refers to the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster Abbey, rather than to its component Westminster School of which Lord Burlington's College Dormitory building forms the west side.
* Nebraska Zephyr — Another of Burlington's Zephyr fleet, one example of which is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Burlington's and is
Burlington's Waterfront Park is a revitalized industrial area.
The latter is a satire on contemporary follies, such as the masquerades of the Swiss impresario John James Heidegger, the popular Italian opera singers, John Rich's pantomimes at Lincoln's Inn Fields, and the exaggerated popularity of Lord Burlington's protégé, the architect and painter William Kent.
* The Times-News is Burlington's only daily newspaper, and the area's dominant media outlet.
Lord Burlington's status as an important Freemason is indicated by his inclusion in the Freemason's Pocket Companion of 1736 and in a poem in James Anderson's Constitutions of the Free Masons of 1723 where he is linked to an illustrious line of personalities.
Although little is known of the people who stayed or visited Chiswick Villa in Lord Burlington's lifetime, many important visitors to the property are recorded as visiting throughout its history.
It is possible that one purpose of the Villa was as an art gallery, as inventories show more than 167 paintings hanging in situ at Chiswick House in Lord Burlington's lifetime, many purchased on his two Grand Tours of Europe.
The designation of this room in Lord Burlington's lifetime is unknown, but it appears Lady Burlington occupied this room some time after the death of her last daughter in 1754.
Burlington's wealth is represented by a putto who holds a cornucopia.
Burlington's mascot is the Husky.
It is doubtless to Burlington's intervention that about this time, before the West Front was finished, the Earl of Malton, as he was now become, commissioned Henry Flitcroft to revise Tunnicliffe's plan there and build the East Front range.
Burlington's stretch of 128, between Route 3 and Winn Street is home to numerous sizable buildings housing major companies, such as Oracle Corporation and SAP AG and TD Bank.
The earliest certain European presence in what is now Burlington was in the fall of 1799, when a group of French explorers and missionaries, led by Francis Morgan de Vereceones, made a portage from the Root River to the Fox River, reaching the Fox at about Burlington's present location.
The Common Council is composed of eight aldermen, two in each of Burlington's four districts.
* Henry Allen Cooper, Congressman from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district for 31 years ; Burlington's Cooper Elementary School is named for him
Last used on the Fort Worth and Denver Railway ( a CB & Q subsidiary ) on the Texas Zephyr, the E5 is matched with one of the Burlington's Nebraska Zephyrs, a 5 car, articulated, stainless steel 1936 passenger train.
* Burlington's geographic location is closer to Waterdown than Hamilton, and parts of Burlington ( Aldershot + Kerncliff Park ) wrap around the south and east ends of the town.
There, powered by one of the large " E " series passenger diesels ( an EMC E5 ) with the distinctive and durable stainless-steel fluting, it is still operated on short runs on the Museum's substantial trackage, providing train enthusiasts and tourists with an experience reminiscent of the heyday of the Burlington's Zephyr service.
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