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 iv
... effect which he produced was ephemeral ; and no words can preserve powers which , to be felt , must be witnessed . Nay , more : if a man tells the story of his own life , he is said to magnify trifles ; and if it is detailed by another ...
... effect which he produced was ephemeral ; and no words can preserve powers which , to be felt , must be witnessed . Nay , more : if a man tells the story of his own life , he is said to magnify trifles ; and if it is detailed by another ...
الصفحة xiii
... effect in 1821. The Mosaic pavement , which is con- sidered the finest in the world , was sunk in 1260 , by Richard de Ware , Abbot of Westminster , who brought the stones that compose it , and the artificers to set it , from Rome ...
... effect in 1821. The Mosaic pavement , which is con- sidered the finest in the world , was sunk in 1260 , by Richard de Ware , Abbot of Westminster , who brought the stones that compose it , and the artificers to set it , from Rome ...
الصفحة xvii
... of this monument is of varied marbles , and the effect stately . The inscription upon it recounts the nobility of the lady's line- d age , and the circumstances of her premature death in SKETCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY . xvii.
... of this monument is of varied marbles , and the effect stately . The inscription upon it recounts the nobility of the lady's line- d age , and the circumstances of her premature death in SKETCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY . xvii.
الصفحة xix
... effect of time has dulled into an unseemly shade of red , appears to have represented a starry firma- ment . Within the chapel of St. Edmund is a tomb particularly remarkable for the rich style in which it is decorated , and the ...
... effect of time has dulled into an unseemly shade of red , appears to have represented a starry firma- ment . Within the chapel of St. Edmund is a tomb particularly remarkable for the rich style in which it is decorated , and the ...
الصفحة xxxii
... effect , had actually traced back the last step of the scaffolding , when the gentleman observing his danger , snatched up a brush and hastily bedaubed the whole figure . " Bless my soul , " exclaimed the artist , again advancing as ...
... effect , had actually traced back the last step of the scaffolding , when the gentleman observing his danger , snatched up a brush and hastily bedaubed the whole figure . " Bless my soul , " exclaimed the artist , again advancing as ...
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