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Pagina 17
... appearance ; the north - west tower is of Norman architecture , and had an octagonal spire , erected by Archbishop Arun- del , who also gave five bells , which were hung in this tower , from which circumstances it was called the Arundel ...
... appearance ; the north - west tower is of Norman architecture , and had an octagonal spire , erected by Archbishop Arun- del , who also gave five bells , which were hung in this tower , from which circumstances it was called the Arundel ...
Pagina 18
... appearance with the south , but is encumbered and hidden by various buildings . The Great Tower is a most chaste and beautiful specimen of the pointed style of architecture , being equally admirable in its proportions , workmanship ...
... appearance with the south , but is encumbered and hidden by various buildings . The Great Tower is a most chaste and beautiful specimen of the pointed style of architecture , being equally admirable in its proportions , workmanship ...
Pagina 23
... appearance . The flames ascended to a great height , and the pillars of the church were damaged or destroyed . " Great numbers applied to the ornaments of the church , and tore down the palls and hangings , some to steal , others to ...
... appearance . The flames ascended to a great height , and the pillars of the church were damaged or destroyed . " Great numbers applied to the ornaments of the church , and tore down the palls and hangings , some to steal , others to ...
Pagina 35
... appearance of liveliness to the place which it does not in general possess . An Agricultural Society was established here in 1793 , under the patronage of the principal Kentish nobility and gentry . There are several Markets in ...
... appearance of liveliness to the place which it does not in general possess . An Agricultural Society was established here in 1793 , under the patronage of the principal Kentish nobility and gentry . There are several Markets in ...
Pagina 38
... Henry III . Beside the original variations in style occasioned by this diversity of architects , modern repairs have done much to change the appearance of the building , so that it now. 38 PICTURE OF ENGLAND AND WALES .
... Henry III . Beside the original variations in style occasioned by this diversity of architects , modern repairs have done much to change the appearance of the building , so that it now. 38 PICTURE OF ENGLAND AND WALES .
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Abbey afterwards aisles ancient annual Fairs antiquity appearance Archbishop arches architecture beautiful Bishop building built called Canterbury Castle Cathedral celebrated centre century Chapel Chapel of Ease Choir Church Cinque Ports coast command considerable consists contains Cornwall dedicated to St died Domesday Book Duke Earl east edifice Edward Edward IV Edward the Confessor elegant Elizabeth eminence entrance erected established extensive feet formerly founded handsome Harbour held Henry VIII hill House inhabitants Island Julius Cæsar Jurats Kent King King of Kent Lord Maidstone mansion Margate Mayor ment miles from London monarchs monuments nave nearly neat neighbourhood Norman architecture ornamented parish Parliament period persons population possession present principal Queen rebuilt reign remains residence river Roman Royal Saxon School ships side situated spacious spire square tower stone Street Surrey tion tomb town transept various venerable village walls William William the Conqueror Winchester
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Pagina 87 - Lunebourg table : her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Pagina 88 - Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread ; when they had kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Pagina 197 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Pagina 88 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Pagina 87 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English...
Pagina 88 - As she went along in all this state and magnificence she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch and Dutch.
Pagina 240 - ... was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions.
Pagina 188 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Pagina 68 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Pagina 148 - He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation.