Old World Memories, Հատոր 2L. C. Page, 1899 |
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Արդյունքներ 49–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... latter statue is on the very spot where stood the last cross of Queen Eleanor , Edward's chère reine , who some fondly think gave the name to Charing , though more likely it was the name of an ancient vil- lage here . And further it is ...
... latter statue is on the very spot where stood the last cross of Queen Eleanor , Edward's chère reine , who some fondly think gave the name to Charing , though more likely it was the name of an ancient vil- lage here . And further it is ...
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... latter is , I think , of all locali- ties in London , the one best known and loved by Americans . The Church of Eng- land is making it a still more familiar region by the erection , within its Deanery Yard , of the new Church House , as ...
... latter is , I think , of all locali- ties in London , the one best known and loved by Americans . The Church of Eng- land is making it a still more familiar region by the erection , within its Deanery Yard , of the new Church House , as ...
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... latter unsupported by columns , and as such spanning perhaps the largest space in the world , with a triple flight of stone leading up before the great southern window . What nobler historic vestibule could there be for the Houses of ...
... latter unsupported by columns , and as such spanning perhaps the largest space in the world , with a triple flight of stone leading up before the great southern window . What nobler historic vestibule could there be for the Houses of ...
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... latter's roof . It is not the child , but the little sister of the Abbey , and of much the same age , having been also founded by the Confessor . Until within half a century the English Prayer Book prescribed that the House of Commons ...
... latter's roof . It is not the child , but the little sister of the Abbey , and of much the same age , having been also founded by the Confessor . Until within half a century the English Prayer Book prescribed that the House of Commons ...
Էջ 37
... the ancestor of later sovereigns . Mary's canopied white marble effigy , in the attitude of prayer , though very similar , is richer and more beautiful than that of Queen Elizabeth . The latter stands ex- actly opposite London 37.
... the ancestor of later sovereigns . Mary's canopied white marble effigy , in the attitude of prayer , though very similar , is richer and more beautiful than that of Queen Elizabeth . The latter stands ex- actly opposite London 37.
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Abbey aisle altar ancient Archbishop arches beautiful Ben Jonson beneath Bishop bridge buildings built buried Calton Hill Cambridge Canterbury castle cathedral centre century chapel chapter-house Charles choir choir-screen Church clerestory cloisters commemorated cross crown Dean Decorated dignity Duke Durham east eastern Edinburgh Edward Edward III effigy England English exquisite famous farther George Gothic Hall Henry VIII hill Holy Hotel House King lady-chapel latter less lies Loch Lomond lofty London Lord lovely Mary's memory miles minster modern monument nave noble Norman once Oxford palace Parliament passed Prince quaint Queen reredos Richard III river Roman roof royal ruins Saint Saint Cuthbert Saxon Scotland Scottish seat shrine side southern spire splendid stands station statue stone strange Street tion tomb tower town transept triforium walls western Westminster Westminster Hall William William the Norman Winchester window York
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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.