Old World Memories, Հատոր 2L. C. Page, 1899 |
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... stone over all western London , might almost stand for London's patron saint . Bronze re- liefs , made from captured French cannon , com- memorate on the four sides his victories at Aboukir , St. Vincent , Copenhagen , and Tra- falgar ...
... stone over all western London , might almost stand for London's patron saint . Bronze re- liefs , made from captured French cannon , com- memorate on the four sides his victories at Aboukir , St. Vincent , Copenhagen , and Tra- falgar ...
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... stone , iron , and glass em- body the beautifully impressive design of Sir Charles Barry in the very latest of Per- pendicular Gothic of the present century . Doubtless it would have been yet more beautiful , had not he , like Wren ...
... stone , iron , and glass em- body the beautifully impressive design of Sir Charles Barry in the very latest of Per- pendicular Gothic of the present century . Doubtless it would have been yet more beautiful , had not he , like Wren ...
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... stone leading up before the great southern window . What nobler historic vestibule could there be for the Houses of Parliament than this , where early Parliaments were themselves held ; where Edward II . forfeited his crown , and ...
... stone leading up before the great southern window . What nobler historic vestibule could there be for the Houses of Parliament than this , where early Parliaments were themselves held ; where Edward II . forfeited his crown , and ...
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... stone pavement are still visible which were used in the marble - play of me- diæval boys . Dryden , Ben Jonson , Locke , Cowper , Southey , Wren , Gibbon , and Froude are a random selection from the boys of West- minster , which ...
... stone pavement are still visible which were used in the marble - play of me- diæval boys . Dryden , Ben Jonson , Locke , Cowper , Southey , Wren , Gibbon , and Froude are a random selection from the boys of West- minster , which ...
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... stone building which clings to the west and south sides of the south- western tower , and out of which is a passage to a little balcony over a doorway into the nave at the south , known as the Abbot's pew . You are in the Jerusalem ...
... stone building which clings to the west and south sides of the south- western tower , and out of which is a passage to a little balcony over a doorway into the nave at the south , known as the Abbot's pew . You are in the Jerusalem ...
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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.