Pleasure Excursions: as Guides for Making Day's Excursions on the Eastern Counties, South-Eastern [and Other] Railways1847 - Great Britain |
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... things at Panshanger which make a visit to the place a bright spot in the reminiscences of a life , -one of the most beautiful works of the great Florentine friar , Bartolomeo di S. Marco- perhaps it may be said without risk of ...
... things at Panshanger which make a visit to the place a bright spot in the reminiscences of a life , -one of the most beautiful works of the great Florentine friar , Bartolomeo di S. Marco- perhaps it may be said without risk of ...
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... thing said or done , leaving hearkening or inquiring where the King is or goes , be it early or late , without grudging , mumbling , or talking of the king's pastime , late or early going to bed , or any other matter . " Harry cared ...
... thing said or done , leaving hearkening or inquiring where the King is or goes , be it early or late , without grudging , mumbling , or talking of the king's pastime , late or early going to bed , or any other matter . " Harry cared ...
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... thing not being much worth , or not worth much striving for . The noble prince , having a watchful eye upon the ... things his kingly majesty and means could bring to the battery , he , in the end , fell to win her by treaty of marriage ...
... thing not being much worth , or not worth much striving for . The noble prince , having a watchful eye upon the ... things his kingly majesty and means could bring to the battery , he , in the end , fell to win her by treaty of marriage ...
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... thing thus carried , was not perceived for all this of many , but of some few it was . For the King , resorting to his chamber , showing some dis- contentment in his countenance , found means to break this matter to the lady , who ...
... thing thus carried , was not perceived for all this of many , but of some few it was . For the King , resorting to his chamber , showing some dis- contentment in his countenance , found means to break this matter to the lady , who ...
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... thing said or done , leaving hearkening or inquiring where the King is or goes , be it early or late , without grudging , mumbling , or talking of the king's pastime , late or early going to bed , or any other matter . ' Harry cared ...
... thing said or done , leaving hearkening or inquiring where the King is or goes , be it early or late , without grudging , mumbling , or talking of the king's pastime , late or early going to bed , or any other matter . ' Harry cared ...
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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,...