Old World Memories, Հատոր 2L. C. Page, 1899 |
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... Prince brought King John of France as a prisoner to his father , Edward III .; where William Wallace , the Duke of Buck- ingham , Sir Thomas More , Somerset the Pro- tector , Guy Fawkes , the Earls of Essex and Strafford , and , most ...
... Prince brought King John of France as a prisoner to his father , Edward III .; where William Wallace , the Duke of Buck- ingham , Sir Thomas More , Somerset the Pro- tector , Guy Fawkes , the Earls of Essex and Strafford , and , most ...
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... Prince's Chamber for the House of Lords . Here the throne of the sovereign is flanked by that of the Consort and of the Prince of Wales , and below them is the famous cushioned ottoman known as the Woolsack of the Lord Chancellor , At ...
... Prince's Chamber for the House of Lords . Here the throne of the sovereign is flanked by that of the Consort and of the Prince of Wales , and below them is the famous cushioned ottoman known as the Woolsack of the Lord Chancellor , At ...
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... Prince Hal , and his wife Katharine of Valois , the ancestress of the Tudors , whose lofty chantry , crowned with shield , saddle , and helmet , spans the ambulatory between this chapel and that of Henry VII .; Edward III . , the ...
... Prince Hal , and his wife Katharine of Valois , the ancestress of the Tudors , whose lofty chantry , crowned with shield , saddle , and helmet , spans the ambulatory between this chapel and that of Henry VII .; Edward III . , the ...
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... Prince George of Denmark , and no less than eighteen of their minor children , which may well be understood to include the entire number ! I remember well that our very in- telligent verger told us here , with an amused chuckle , how it ...
... Prince George of Denmark , and no less than eighteen of their minor children , which may well be understood to include the entire number ! I remember well that our very in- telligent verger told us here , with an amused chuckle , how it ...
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... Prince Albert was an ac- complished and kindly gentleman , the friend of America during our Civil War , a saga- cious adviser to royalty , and an affectionate husband and father . But after the utmost allowance is made for wifely ...
... Prince Albert was an ac- complished and kindly gentleman , the friend of America during our Civil War , a saga- cious adviser to royalty , and an affectionate husband and father . But after the utmost allowance is made for wifely ...
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Էջ 293 - TO MY SUCCESSOR. If thou chance for to find A new house to thy mind, And built without thy cost: Be good to the poor, As God gives thee store, And then my labour's not lost.
Էջ 66 - And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art : thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Էջ 292 - UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, SIDNEY'S sister, PEMBROKE'S mother ; Death ! ere thou hast slain another, Learn'd and fair, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Էջ 230 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Էջ 231 - The world, surely, has not another place like Oxford ; it is a despair to see such a place and ever to leave it, for it would take a lifetime and more than one, to comprehend and enjoy it satisfactorily.
Էջ 171 - The Prelate of Durham became one, and the more important, of the only two English prelates whose worldly franchises invested them with some faint shadow of the sovereign powers enjoyed by the princely churchmen of the Empire.
Էջ 70 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Էջ 143 - ' Lowland Scotland as a distinct nationality came in with two warriors and went out with two bards. It came in with William Wallace and Robert Bruce, and went out with Robert Burns and Walter Scott. The first two made the history ; the last two told the story and sang the song.
Էջ 39 - In the poetical quarter, I found there were poets who had no monuments, and monuments which had no poets.