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 iii
... present case : it is suggested , however , not because the nature of the book requires explanation , nor because its objects stand in need of favour ; but as the peculiar combination of its contents , and the of their compilation , may ...
... present case : it is suggested , however , not because the nature of the book requires explanation , nor because its objects stand in need of favour ; but as the peculiar combination of its contents , and the of their compilation , may ...
الصفحة v
... present . But there is another point of view in which this work deserves to be particularly regarded . Architecture and sculpture are among those fine arts which afford the most durable testimony of the civilization and attainments of ...
... present . But there is another point of view in which this work deserves to be particularly regarded . Architecture and sculpture are among those fine arts which afford the most durable testimony of the civilization and attainments of ...
الصفحة vii
... present structure had ever been raised upon the foundations of a Roman edifice , some fragments of the architecture , common to such works , must almost of necessity remain about the walls . These he examined with the most diligent ...
... present structure had ever been raised upon the foundations of a Roman edifice , some fragments of the architecture , common to such works , must almost of necessity remain about the walls . These he examined with the most diligent ...
الصفحة ix
... presents made to it were rich in the ex- treme ; its relics were many and peculiarly strange , including , amongst other varieties , some of the milk with which the Virgin suckled our Saviour . The king encreased its wealth , and ...
... presents made to it were rich in the ex- treme ; its relics were many and peculiarly strange , including , amongst other varieties , some of the milk with which the Virgin suckled our Saviour . The king encreased its wealth , and ...
الصفحة xi
... present time . This calculation does not extend to its positive or in- trinsic wealth , such as reliquaries , statuary , fixed ornaments in tombs , and altar furniture , & c . of which probably no account was ever taken , for no ...
... present time . This calculation does not extend to its positive or in- trinsic wealth , such as reliquaries , statuary , fixed ornaments in tombs , and altar furniture , & c . of which probably no account was ever taken , for no ...
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