The British Tourist's, Or, Traveller's Pocket Companion, Through England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland: Comprehending the Most Celebrated Modern Tours in the British Islands, and Several Originals, Том 6Richard Phillips, 1809 |
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... see , were also discovered . Also glass beads and rings , large * In Leadenhall - street , a beautiful tessellated Roman pave ment has been discovered , since the time of Pennant , pins of ivory and bone , tusks of boars , 4 PENNANTS TOUR.
... see , were also discovered . Also glass beads and rings , large * In Leadenhall - street , a beautiful tessellated Roman pave ment has been discovered , since the time of Pennant , pins of ivory and bone , tusks of boars , 4 PENNANTS TOUR.
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... beautiful and affectionate queen of Edward , was in 1290 deposited here . Her figure , in copper gilt , rests on a tablet of the same , placed on an altar - tomb of Petworth marble . The murdered prince , Edward II . found his grave at ...
... beautiful and affectionate queen of Edward , was in 1290 deposited here . Her figure , in copper gilt , rests on a tablet of the same , placed on an altar - tomb of Petworth marble . The murdered prince , Edward II . found his grave at ...
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... beautiful chapel of gothic workman- ship , of open iron - work , ornamented with various images , is the tomb of the gallant prince Henry V. a striking contrast to the weak and luxurious Richard . On each side of this royal chapel is a ...
... beautiful chapel of gothic workman- ship , of open iron - work , ornamented with various images , is the tomb of the gallant prince Henry V. a striking contrast to the weak and luxurious Richard . On each side of this royal chapel is a ...
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... beautiful chapel of Henry VII . is nearly the rival in elegance with that of King's College , Cam- bridge . Who can look at the roof of either without the highest admiration ! Abbot Islip , on the part of the king , laid the first stone ...
... beautiful chapel of Henry VII . is nearly the rival in elegance with that of King's College , Cam- bridge . Who can look at the roof of either without the highest admiration ! Abbot Islip , on the part of the king , laid the first stone ...
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... beautiful composition of figures . It was made by order of the magistrates of Dort , and by them designed as a present to Henry VII . The subject is the crucifixion ; a devil is carrying off the soul of the hardened thief ; an angel ...
... beautiful composition of figures . It was made by order of the magistrates of Dort , and by them designed as a present to Henry VII . The subject is the crucifixion ; a devil is carrying off the soul of the hardened thief ; an angel ...
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Сторінка 185 - I have mentioned, than that famous picture of King Charles the First, which has the whole book of Psalms written in the lines of the face and the hair of the head. When I was last at Oxford I perused one of the whiskers ; and was reading the other...
Сторінка 175 - No more the matchless skill I call unkind, That strives to disenchant my cheated mind. For when again I view thy chaste design, The just proportion, and the genuine line; Those native portraitures of Attic art, That from the lucid surface seem to start ; Those tints, that steal no glories from the day, Nor ask the sun to lend his streaming ray...
Сторінка 10 - As by their choice collections may appear, Of what is rare in land, in seas, in air ; Whilst they (as Homer's Iliad in a nut) A world of wonders in one closet shut. These famous antiquarians — that had been Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily queen — Transplanted now themselves, sleep here.
Сторінка 75 - Marriages performed within,' written 'beneath. A dirty fellow invited you in. The parson was seen walking before his shop : a squalid profligate figure, clad in a tattered plaid night-gown, with a fiery face, and ready to couple you for a dram of gin, or roll of tobacco.
Сторінка 106 - Wales, with many noblemen and others : and after, the said Henry Picard kept his hall against all comers whosoever that were willing to play at dice and hazard. In like manner, the Lady Margaret, his wife, did also keep her chamber to the same intent.
Сторінка 116 - She lived to a great age, but in great distress and miserable poverty ; deserted even by those to whom she had, during prosperity, done the most essential services. She dragged a wretched life even to the time of Sir Thomas More, who introduces her story in his Life of Richard the Third.
Сторінка 100 - THIS great work was founded on enormous piles, driven as closely as possible together : on their tops were laid long planks ten inches thick, strongly bolted ; and on them was placed the base of the pier, the lowermost stones of which were bedded in pitch, to prevent the water from damaging the work : round all were the piles which are called the Sterlings, designed for the preservation of the foundation piles.
Сторінка 117 - ... Spaniards ; but the place being taken by the time they reached Dover, they returned to the city, after a week's absence. The last sermon which was preached at this place, was before James I., who came in great state on horseback from Whitehall, on Midlent Sunday, 1620: he was received at Temple Bar, by the lord mayor and aldermen, who presented him with a purse of gold. At St. Paul's he was received by the clergy in their richest vestments. The object of the sermon was the repairing of the cathedral....
Сторінка 111 - This was again demolished by the pagan Saxons, and restored in 603, by Sebert, a petty prince, ruling in these parts, under Ethelbert, King of Kent, the first Christian monarch of the Saxon race ; who, at the instance of St.
Сторінка 113 - The dimensions of this noble temple, as taken in 1309, were these: the length sis hundred and ninety feet; the breadth a hundred and twenty; the height of the roof of the west part, from the floor, one hundred...