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Page 76
... painted glass , and those neither beautiful nor curious . Here was a venerable hall , seventy - four feet long , with six large painted windows , the furniture suited to the hospitality of the times . This structure was substantially ...
... painted glass , and those neither beautiful nor curious . Here was a venerable hall , seventy - four feet long , with six large painted windows , the furniture suited to the hospitality of the times . This structure was substantially ...
Page 88
... paintings in a bold style , of Christ restoring the Blind , and the Sermon on the Mount . The altar piece is very spacious , at least fifteen feet high of wainscot , having two columns and two pilasters fluted ; also two pilasters on ...
... paintings in a bold style , of Christ restoring the Blind , and the Sermon on the Mount . The altar piece is very spacious , at least fifteen feet high of wainscot , having two columns and two pilasters fluted ; also two pilasters on ...
Page 89
... paintings of St. Peter and St. Andree , over which are representations of the Holy Family . The altar is highly enriched by painting , gilding , and carved work ; the table is of porphyry . The two other windows at the east end are ...
... paintings of St. Peter and St. Andree , over which are representations of the Holy Family . The altar is highly enriched by painting , gilding , and carved work ; the table is of porphyry . The two other windows at the east end are ...
Page 107
... painted na- tural colour , as big as the life , standing erect , with each a knotty club in his hand , with which they alternately strike the quarters , not only their arms , but even their heads , moving at every blow . They are so ...
... painted na- tural colour , as big as the life , standing erect , with each a knotty club in his hand , with which they alternately strike the quarters , not only their arms , but even their heads , moving at every blow . They are so ...
Page 108
... painted wainscot extending round the church ; on the north , west , and south sides , are galleries of wainscot ; the pulpit is of the same kind of wood ; and the church is well pewed with oak . In the west gallery is a fine organ . The ...
... painted wainscot extending round the church ; on the north , west , and south sides , are galleries of wainscot ; the pulpit is of the same kind of wood ; and the church is well pewed with oak . In the west gallery is a fine organ . The ...
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Page 481 - you sec, Or like the Blossom on the Tree, Or like the dainty Flower of May, Or like the Morning of the Day ; Or like the Sun-, or like the Shade, Or like the Gourd which Jonas had. Even so is Man, whose Thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The
Page 303 - he was, he received the reply, that he was in the Jerusalem Chamber; he is supposed to have exclaimed : " Sacred be to God ! even then my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years I should not die bat In Jerusalem, Which
Page 299 - up to the bust of Milton: No more the Grecian Muse unrivall'd reigns; To Britain let the nations homage pay. She felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, A Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray. . Died July 30, 1771, aged fifty-four. A neat piece of sculpture. The
Page 418 - I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy
Page 236 - with arrogancy, spleen, and pride. You have, by fortune, and his highness' favours, Gone slightly o'er slow steps; and now are mounted Where powers are your retainers: and your words Domestics to you, serve your will, as 't please Yourself pronounce their office. I must
Page 552 - with a golden chain, whose office was to introduce to the queen any person of distinction, that came to wait on her : it was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest attendance of nobility. In the same hall were the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of
Page 368 - Near this place is interred / THEODORE KING OF CORSICA ; who died in this Parish, Dec. 11, 1756, immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison by the benefit of an Act of Insolvency; in. consequence of which he registered his Kingdom of Corsica, for the use of his
Page 484 - Mens Mouths rehearse; His Virtues and his Pills are so well known, That Envy can't confine them under Stone. But they'll survive his Dust, and not expire, Till all things else at th' Universal Fire. This Verse is lost, his Pills Embalm him safe To future times, without an Epitaph. Deceased April 26 AD 1672. aged 72.
Page 328 - each side: this extraordinary and superfluous space occasioned such an undulation from the voice of every actor, that generally what they said sounded like the gabbling of so many people in the lofty aisles of a cathedral. The tone of a trumpet, or swelling of an eunuch's holding note, it is true, might be sweetened by
Page 503 - of his present majesty, are to cease and determine immediately after the payment of certain sums therein mentioned ; and that the said intended road might be lighted, watched, and kept in repair, at the expence of a small toll thereon; and therefore praying, that leave may be given to bring in a bill, tor