Old World Memories, Հատոր 2L. C. Page, 1899 |
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... broad avenue , and Parliament Street , to which it leads , has been much wid- ened from its former estate . Still further de- molition is anticipated to sweep away buildings which prevent a thoroughly dignified approach to Parliament ...
... broad avenue , and Parliament Street , to which it leads , has been much wid- ened from its former estate . Still further de- molition is anticipated to sweep away buildings which prevent a thoroughly dignified approach to Parliament ...
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... broad avenue lies the Amer- ican Embassy , to which I made a pilgrimage to present our letters of introduction , and still more out of respect to the flag that makes it a sanctuary more inviolate than the Broad Sanctuary , once a refuge ...
... broad avenue lies the Amer- ican Embassy , to which I made a pilgrimage to present our letters of introduction , and still more out of respect to the flag that makes it a sanctuary more inviolate than the Broad Sanctuary , once a refuge ...
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... Jerusalem Chamber , before whose broad fireplace ( now ceiled in beautiful cedar ) King Henry IV . breathed his last when about to set out for the Holy Land , thus fulfilling prophecy , as we are told in the Second Part London 23.
... Jerusalem Chamber , before whose broad fireplace ( now ceiled in beautiful cedar ) King Henry IV . breathed his last when about to set out for the Holy Land , thus fulfilling prophecy , as we are told in the Second Part London 23.
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... broad central nave with a superbly carved stall beneath each banner , for each knight and for his esquire before him , with aisles and chapels around the whole , and , over all , the indescrib- ably beautiful fan - traceried vault ...
... broad central nave with a superbly carved stall beneath each banner , for each knight and for his esquire before him , with aisles and chapels around the whole , and , over all , the indescrib- ably beautiful fan - traceried vault ...
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... broad slab in the pavement inscribed with the beloved name of Charles Dickens , who lies beneath it . Near the end of this wall is the life - size , flamboyant statue of Handel ; and be- neath it most felicitously hangs the portrait of ...
... broad slab in the pavement inscribed with the beloved name of Charles Dickens , who lies beneath it . Near the end of this wall is the life - size , flamboyant statue of Handel ; and be- neath it most felicitously hangs the portrait of ...
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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.