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 xiv
... popular in fame , and great in monarchy . If such be the fate of a sovereign and a saint , how vilely may one not imagine the subject and the sinner to rot away after death ! A hollow piece of common stone - work is all that at present ...
... popular in fame , and great in monarchy . If such be the fate of a sovereign and a saint , how vilely may one not imagine the subject and the sinner to rot away after death ! A hollow piece of common stone - work is all that at present ...
الصفحة xxi
... popular for her misfortunes and enviable beauty . The inscription upon the tomb of Elizabeth is a paradox of eulogy ; no thoughtful visitor can pos- sibly meditate upon the unparalleled excellencies of every sort here attributed to her ...
... popular for her misfortunes and enviable beauty . The inscription upon the tomb of Elizabeth is a paradox of eulogy ; no thoughtful visitor can pos- sibly meditate upon the unparalleled excellencies of every sort here attributed to her ...
الصفحة xxvii
... popular Universities . The amazing wealth which St. Paul's must then have been possessed of , may be conjectured from the various officers attached to its multiplied foundations . first it was governed by a bishop , fifty canons , or ...
... popular Universities . The amazing wealth which St. Paul's must then have been possessed of , may be conjectured from the various officers attached to its multiplied foundations . first it was governed by a bishop , fifty canons , or ...
الصفحة xxxiii
... popular and attractive ; it oc- curs generally in the month of June , and is held for the purpose of collecting together all the children educated in the parochial schools of the metropolis , to offer up to Heaven their little devotions ...
... popular and attractive ; it oc- curs generally in the month of June , and is held for the purpose of collecting together all the children educated in the parochial schools of the metropolis , to offer up to Heaven their little devotions ...
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... popular ac- clamation with which he was received . Domestic appointments of trust and honour , as they were brightly earned , so were they promptly conferred upon the vic- torious general ; and the most active scene of command was con ...
... popular ac- clamation with which he was received . Domestic appointments of trust and honour , as they were brightly earned , so were they promptly conferred upon the vic- torious general ; and the most active scene of command was con ...
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