The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches: Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, المجلد 1J. Williams, 1839 |
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الصفحة xii
... body of this work . The present seems the only opportunity for a cursory tribute to these two objects , and to them the remaining portion of this sketch is therefore devoted . Next to the general style of the architecture so admirably ...
... body of this work . The present seems the only opportunity for a cursory tribute to these two objects , and to them the remaining portion of this sketch is therefore devoted . Next to the general style of the architecture so admirably ...
الصفحة xiii
... body of the Abbey . The leading feature of curiosity contained in it is the ancient shrine erected to the memory of Edward the Confessor , and last King of the Saxon race , by Henry the III . Edward the Confessor died in 1066 , and was ...
... body of the Abbey . The leading feature of curiosity contained in it is the ancient shrine erected to the memory of Edward the Confessor , and last King of the Saxon race , by Henry the III . Edward the Confessor died in 1066 , and was ...
الصفحة xv
... body of his wife , though a distinct monument in her honour adjoins this remarkable fabric . The monarch is represented recumbent upon a table of grey marble ; and the whole was decorated with effigies of his children . At his head is ...
... body of his wife , though a distinct monument in her honour adjoins this remarkable fabric . The monarch is represented recumbent upon a table of grey marble ; and the whole was decorated with effigies of his children . At his head is ...
الصفحة xvii
... body upon this occasion was highly curious and interesting the face was in some de- gree discoloured , but the legs and arms were whole , fresh , and firm . The corpse was dressed in a gown of crimson silk , girdled round the waste with ...
... body upon this occasion was highly curious and interesting the face was in some de- gree discoloured , but the legs and arms were whole , fresh , and firm . The corpse was dressed in a gown of crimson silk , girdled round the waste with ...
الصفحة xxi
... body . In the extremity of the north aisle is raised an interesting monu- ment , of which the end and circumstance may best be collected from a translation of the Latin inscription upon it : - Here Lie The remains of Edward the 5th ...
... body . In the extremity of the north aisle is raised an interesting monu- ment , of which the end and circumstance may best be collected from a translation of the Latin inscription upon it : - Here Lie The remains of Edward the 5th ...
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