Windsor: A History and Description of the Castle and the TownWard, 1862 - 244 էջ |
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... choir and the altar , under which he was deposited , was gilt and painted with several devices of this king ; on the keystone of which are carved his royal arms , ensigned with a crown , and supported by two antelopes collared and ...
... choir and the altar , under which he was deposited , was gilt and painted with several devices of this king ; on the keystone of which are carved his royal arms , ensigned with a crown , and supported by two antelopes collared and ...
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... choir present a display of glittering pomp , rendered some- what sombre by the gathering shadows of the evening . We listen to the service chanted by the priests and minstrels , as the stern old warriors are melted into tender mood ...
... choir present a display of glittering pomp , rendered some- what sombre by the gathering shadows of the evening . We listen to the service chanted by the priests and minstrels , as the stern old warriors are melted into tender mood ...
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... choir . Most of the stone was brought by water from Tainton in Oxfordshire , and some came from Caen in Normandy , whence , as every one knows , large supplies of stone were often obtained for ecclesiastical edifices in the middle ages ...
... choir . Most of the stone was brought by water from Tainton in Oxfordshire , and some came from Caen in Normandy , whence , as every one knows , large supplies of stone were often obtained for ecclesiastical edifices in the middle ages ...
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... choir nearly finished . The roof of Lincoln Chapel , with the adjoining compart- ment at the east end of the south aisle , the corresponding compartment on the north side , and the passage at the back of the altar , are the only ...
... choir nearly finished . The roof of Lincoln Chapel , with the adjoining compart- ment at the east end of the south aisle , the corresponding compartment on the north side , and the passage at the back of the altar , are the only ...
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... choir of the chapel , and covering the royal mausoleum , was erected during the reign of Henry VII . , and was intended by that monarch as a burial - place for himself . In Rymer's " Fœdera " there is a papal bull granting Henry the ...
... choir of the chapel , and covering the royal mausoleum , was erected during the reign of Henry VII . , and was intended by that monarch as a burial - place for himself . In Rymer's " Fœdera " there is a papal bull granting Henry the ...
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Windsor; a History and Description of the Castle and Town Rev. John Stoughton (of Kensington.) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
Windsor: A History and Description of the Castle and the Town John Stoughton Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
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Էջ 227 - Windsor's heights the expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among, Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way...
Էջ 232 - It is a little chaos of mountains and precipices; mountains, it is true, that do not ascend much above the clouds, nor are the declivities quite so amazing as Dover cliff; but just such hills as people who love their necks as well as I do may venture to climb, and crags that give the eye as much pleasure as if they were more dangerous. Both vale and hill are covered with most venerable beeches, and other very reverend vegetables, that, like most other ancient people, are always dreaming out their...
Էջ 233 - 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 97 - Such we believe to have been the character of the Puritans. We perceive the absurdity of their manners. We dislike the sullen gloom of their domestic habits. We acknowledge that the tone of their minds was often injured by straining after things too high for mortal reach...
Էջ 39 - So thick the branches and the leves grene, Beshaded all the alleys that there were ; And midst of every arbour might be seen The sharpe, grene, sweet juniper, Growing so fair, with branches here and there, That as it seemed to a lyf without, The boughs did spread the arbour all about...
Էջ 227 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe. And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Էջ 231 - I have at the distance of half a mile, through a green lane, a forest (the vulgar call it a common), all my own, at least, as good as so, for I spy no human thing in it but myself.
Էջ 80 - ... the bird of paradise, three spans long, three fingers broad, having a blue bill of the length of half an inch, the upper part of its head yellow, the nether part of a * * * colour...
Էջ 138 - Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parke, will give her an account of what has passed. I shall do it in a day or two, by another more at large. — MARLBOROUGH."* The fate of the troops posted in Blenheim still remained undecided.
Էջ 138 - I have not time to say more, but to beg you will give my duty to the queen, and let her know her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parke, will give her an account of what has passed. I shall do it in a day or two, by another more at large. — MARLBOROUGH...