Pleasure Excursions: as Guides for Making Day's Excursions on the Eastern Counties, South-Eastern [and Other] Railways1847 - Great Britain |
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... Thomas Boleyn , Anne's father . The Castle lies contiguous to the river Eden . Hasted records a traditionary saying that Jesus Christ never was but once at Hever , And then he fell into the river . The meaning of which is supposed to ...
... Thomas Boleyn , Anne's father . The Castle lies contiguous to the river Eden . Hasted records a traditionary saying that Jesus Christ never was but once at Hever , And then he fell into the river . The meaning of which is supposed to ...
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... Thomas Boleyn , Earl of Wiltshire , and Anne Boleyn , the mother of the divine Queen Elizabeth . To Blickling was decreed the honour of Anne Boleyn's birth . " After the death , of her mother , which took place in 1512 , Anne resided at ...
... Thomas Boleyn , Earl of Wiltshire , and Anne Boleyn , the mother of the divine Queen Elizabeth . To Blickling was decreed the honour of Anne Boleyn's birth . " After the death , of her mother , which took place in 1512 , Anne resided at ...
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... Thomas Wyatt , executed for rebellion in Mary's reign , who died at Bexley , in Kent , in the year 1624. " In this noble imp , the graces of Nature , adorned by gracious education , seemed , even at the first , to have pro- mised bliss ...
... Thomas Wyatt , executed for rebellion in Mary's reign , who died at Bexley , in Kent , in the year 1624. " In this noble imp , the graces of Nature , adorned by gracious education , seemed , even at the first , to have pro- mised bliss ...
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... Thomas , and the King , about the Lady Anne : - " About this time , it is said , that the knight , entertaining talk with her as she was earnest at work , in sporting - wise caught from her a certain small jewel hanging by a lace out of ...
... Thomas , and the King , about the Lady Anne : - " About this time , it is said , that the knight , entertaining talk with her as she was earnest at work , in sporting - wise caught from her a certain small jewel hanging by a lace out of ...
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... Thomas Boleyn , Anne's father . The Castle lies contiguous to the river Eden . Hasted records a traditionary saying that— Jesus Christ never was but once at Hever , And then he fell into the river . The meaning of which is supposed to ...
... Thomas Boleyn , Anne's father . The Castle lies contiguous to the river Eden . Hasted records a traditionary saying that— Jesus Christ never was but once at Hever , And then he fell into the river . The meaning of which is supposed to ...
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Page 5 - The lofty tower, with the grated door and porter's lodge beneath it, the retired ambulatory, the separate cells, the common refectory, the venerable church, the black flowing dress and the silver cross worn by the members, the conventual appellation of brother, with which they salute each other ; in short, the silence, the order, and the neatness, that here reign, serve to recall the idea of a monastery to those who have seen one, and will give no imperfect idea of such an establishment to those...
Page 7 - Others are in the horse-shoe form, of which the entrance into the north porch is the most antique specimen. In one place we have a curious triangular arch. The capitals and bases of the columns alternately vary in their form, as well as in their ornaments. The same circumstance is observable in the ribs of the arches, especially in the north and south aisles; some of them being plain, and others profusely embellished, and in different styles, even within the same arch.
Page 7 - ... 120 feet, and a large square tower over the intersection. It is entirely the work of De Blois, except the front and upper story of the west end, which are of a...
Page 7 - ... when she composed her hands to play and her voice to sing, it was joined with that sweetness of countenance that three harmonies concurred ; likewise, when she danced, her rare proportions varied themselves into all the graces that belong either to rest or motion.
Page 5 - They had also a pottage called mortrel, made of milk and wastelbred, a dish of flesh or fish, as the day should require, and a pittance for their dinner, likewise one dish for their supper. Besides these thirteen resident poor men, the foundation required that one hundred others, the most indigent that could be found in the city, but of good characters, should be provided every day with a loaf of bread, three quarts of small beer, and two messes for their dinner, in a hall appointed for this purpose,...