Old London: Papers Read at the London Congress, July, 1866J. Murray, 1867 - 376 Seiten |
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... beautiful Corpora- tion Chapel attached to Guildhall was still standing ; all knew how much of Westminster Palace and of St. Stephen's Chapel , which have now perished , was revealed after the great fire of 1834 ; while the re ...
... beautiful Corpora- tion Chapel attached to Guildhall was still standing ; all knew how much of Westminster Palace and of St. Stephen's Chapel , which have now perished , was revealed after the great fire of 1834 ; while the re ...
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... , which is the special duty and delight of the modern antiquarian , is also the best check to exaggerated and partial veneration . To appre- ciate the truly grand and the truly beautiful in art 8 HISTORY OF OLD LONDON .
... , which is the special duty and delight of the modern antiquarian , is also the best check to exaggerated and partial veneration . To appre- ciate the truly grand and the truly beautiful in art 8 HISTORY OF OLD LONDON .
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... beautiful in art or in sentiment - to condense within the same view the beginning and end of great institutions and edifices — has an effect not narrowing or depressing , but widening and elevating in a high degree . A reverent ...
... beautiful in art or in sentiment - to condense within the same view the beginning and end of great institutions and edifices — has an effect not narrowing or depressing , but widening and elevating in a high degree . A reverent ...
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... beautiful works as a structure perfect in itself , of a purely English type as to its plan and outline , and as carrying out the principle of window tracery in a fuller and grander degree than any part of the church ; and it is a happy ...
... beautiful works as a structure perfect in itself , of a purely English type as to its plan and outline , and as carrying out the principle of window tracery in a fuller and grander degree than any part of the church ; and it is a happy ...
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... beautiful . One of them is remarkably well preserved , and quite a gem of foliated carving . The paving of the walk which had been so long closed still shows the effects of the monks ' feet as they entered in double file . The inner ...
... beautiful . One of them is remarkably well preserved , and quite a gem of foliated carving . The paving of the walk which had been so long closed still shows the effects of the monks ' feet as they entered in double file . The inner ...
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Seite 21 - History of Rome. From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire. With the History of Literature and Art.
Seite 25 - PENROSE'S (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey. With 40 Plates. Folio.
Seite 9 - CUMMING'S (R. GORDON) Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior of South Africa ; with Anecdotes of the Chace, and Notices of the Native Tribes.
Seite 21 - CHARLES) Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology.
Seite 9 - CURETON (REV. W.) Remains of a very Ancient Recension of the Four Gospels in Syriac, hitherto unknown in Europe. Discovered, Edited, and Translated. 4to. 24s. CURTIUS' (PROFESSOR) Student's Greek Grammar, for the use of Colleges and the Upper Forms.
Seite 278 - ... of the popular assent in the election of a king; but it marks the progress of English independence under Henry that London now claimed of itself the right of election. Undismayed by the absence of the hereditary counsellors of the crown, its "Aldermen and wise folk gathered together the folkmoot, and these providing at their own will for the good of the realm, unanimously resolved to choose a king.
Seite 5 - More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian.
Seite 220 - Bracton saith, quod Rex non debet esse sub homine sed sub Deo et lege [that the King ought not to be under man but under God and under the law—BT\.
Seite 352 - Mantegna, formerly the Duke of Mantua's ; of the tapestries, I believe the world can show nothing nobler of the kind than the stories of Abraham and Tobit.
Seite vii - Then goes he on along by that more beauteous strand, Expressing both the wealth and bravery of the land. (So many sumptuous bowers, within so little space, The all-beholding Sun scarce sees in all his race.) And on by London leads, which like a crescent lies, Whose...