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... CHAPEL 305 LORD CLIVE'S MONUMENT . 214 WINDSOR CASTLE , FROM PLAYING FIELDS , THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE . 215 ETON . 317 WOLSEY'S TOWER , ESHER . 217 HERNE'S OAK . 318 WALTON BRIDGE . 219 EAST FRONT , WINDSOR CASTLE . 320 WALTON CHURCH 220 ...
... CHAPEL 305 LORD CLIVE'S MONUMENT . 214 WINDSOR CASTLE , FROM PLAYING FIELDS , THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE . 215 ETON . 317 WOLSEY'S TOWER , ESHER . 217 HERNE'S OAK . 318 WALTON BRIDGE . 219 EAST FRONT , WINDSOR CASTLE . 320 WALTON CHURCH 220 ...
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... chapels , in trees , groves , glens ; the pure soft air of May , is it not incense , and are there not choristers on every bough ? Verily , in this temple , with lowly heart , will we this day worship . On such a soft , sunny , balmy ...
... chapels , in trees , groves , glens ; the pure soft air of May , is it not incense , and are there not choristers on every bough ? Verily , in this temple , with lowly heart , will we this day worship . On such a soft , sunny , balmy ...
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... chapel , Oxford ; Tillotson in the church of St. Lawrence , Jewry ; the rest in Lambeth . In the Churchyard is the tomb of the Tradescants , father and son , founders of the Ashmolean Museum , at Oxford . Of the Tradescants and their ...
... chapel , Oxford ; Tillotson in the church of St. Lawrence , Jewry ; the rest in Lambeth . In the Churchyard is the tomb of the Tradescants , father and son , founders of the Ashmolean Museum , at Oxford . Of the Tradescants and their ...
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... chapel is adorned with an altar - piece , by Sebastian Ricci . The hall wherein the pensioners dine is situated on the opposite side of the vestibule ; it is of the same dimensions as the chapel , 110 feet in length , and at the upper ...
... chapel is adorned with an altar - piece , by Sebastian Ricci . The hall wherein the pensioners dine is situated on the opposite side of the vestibule ; it is of the same dimensions as the chapel , 110 feet in length , and at the upper ...
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... Chapel , against the south wall , is the monument of the Duchess of Northumberland . This lady , says the Rev. Mr. Lysons , was a singular instance of the vicissitudes of fortune . Having been the wife of one of the greatest men of that ...
... Chapel , against the south wall , is the monument of the Duchess of Northumberland . This lady , says the Rev. Mr. Lysons , was a singular instance of the vicissitudes of fortune . Having been the wife of one of the greatest men of that ...
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Page 262 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 295 - That every man, with him, was God or devil. In squandering wealth was his peculiar art; Nothing went unrewarded, but desert. Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate.
Page 261 - Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?
Page 229 - I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there. For I remember when I began to read, and...
Page 5 - Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This city now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare Ships, towers, domes, theatres. and temples lie Open unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!
Page 295 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Page 261 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.
Page 270 - My eye descending from the Hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays: Thames! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity...
Page 5 - Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers,, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 145 - In full-blown dignity, see Wolsey stand, Law in his voice, and fortune in his hand: To him the church, the realm, their pow'rs consign, Thro...