The Cathedrals of England: An Account of Some of Their Distinguishing Characteristics; Together with Brief Historical and Biographical Sketches of Their Most Noted BishopsL. C. Page, 1904 - 287 стор. |
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... miles from Lon- don , and derives its name from the Anglo- Saxon name Cant - wara - byrig , meaning Can- tii - men's - fort . Kent is from Cantii , the name of a tribe of men who lived there . J The cathedral was named Christ's Church ...
... miles from Lon- don , and derives its name from the Anglo- Saxon name Cant - wara - byrig , meaning Can- tii - men's - fort . Kent is from Cantii , the name of a tribe of men who lived there . J The cathedral was named Christ's Church ...
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... miles around . A sentinel , who in the reign of William III . was condemned to death for falling asleep while on duty on Windsor terrace , proved his innocence by asserting that on that night he heard St. Paul's clock strike thirteen ...
... miles around . A sentinel , who in the reign of William III . was condemned to death for falling asleep while on duty on Windsor terrace , proved his innocence by asserting that on that night he heard St. Paul's clock strike thirteen ...
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... Miles Partridge , who took them down next day and sold them at auction . It is a matter of history that the king lost the lead and bells of many abbey churches at dice . " Nearly the whole cost of the building , about £ 800,000 , was ...
... Miles Partridge , who took them down next day and sold them at auction . It is a matter of history that the king lost the lead and bells of many abbey churches at dice . " Nearly the whole cost of the building , about £ 800,000 , was ...
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... miles from York . It derives its name from Dun holm , meaning Hill Island , and is dedi- cated to St. Cuthbert . It rises eighty feet above the river . At the end of the tenth century , Bishop Ealdhune built a church on this spot . In ...
... miles from York . It derives its name from Dun holm , meaning Hill Island , and is dedi- cated to St. Cuthbert . It rises eighty feet above the river . At the end of the tenth century , Bishop Ealdhune built a church on this spot . In ...
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... miles to visit this shrine , and multitudes re- paired thither for more than five hundred years . " He kneel'd before St. Cuthbert's shrine With patience unwonted at rites divine ; He abjured the gods of heathen race , And he bent his ...
... miles to visit this shrine , and multitudes re- paired thither for more than five hundred years . " He kneel'd before St. Cuthbert's shrine With patience unwonted at rites divine ; He abjured the gods of heathen race , And he bent his ...
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Сторінка 57 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Сторінка 119 - Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse: Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.
Сторінка 232 - Be of good comfort, master Ridley, and play the man. We shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Сторінка 152 - THE bark that held a prince went down, The sweeping waves rolled on ; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son ? He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; Why comes not death to those who mourn? He never smiled again...
Сторінка 188 - Th' illustrious house of Hanover, And Protestant succession, To these I do allegiance swear While they can keep possession; For in my faith and loyalty I never more will falter, And George my lawful king shall be Until the times do alter. And this is law that I'll maintain Until my dying day, sir, That whatsoever king shall reign I'll still be the Vicar of Bray, sir.
Сторінка 170 - I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell ; But this I know, and know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.
Сторінка 170 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Сторінка 180 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? " Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he,
Сторінка 93 - The external appearance of an old cathedral cannot be but displeasing to the eye of every man, who has any idea of propriety and proportion, even though he may be ignorant of architecture as a science...
Сторінка 146 - The King to Oxford sent a troop of horse For Tories own no argument but force ; With equal care to Cambridge books he sent, For Whigs allow no force but argument.