Crosby's Complete Pocket Gazetteer of England and WalesBaldwin, Cradock & Joy, 1815 - 540 ページ |
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209 ページ - William's building contains the great hall, vestibule, and dome, designed and erected by Sir Christopher Wren. The tambour of the dome is formed by a circle of columns duplicated, of the Composite order, with four projecting groups of columns at the quoins. The attic above is a circle without breaks, covered with the dome, and terminated with a turret. In the tympanum of the...
174 ページ - MONTEM, cannot be satisfactorily ascertained, but may be traced as far back as the reign of Elizabeth, who, when on a visit to the college, desired to see an account of the ancient ceremonies observed there from the period of its foundation. In the list was an annual procession of the scholars, who on those occasions repeated verses, and gathered money from the public for a dinner, and other purposes. The ceremony of late years has been conducted with more regard to decorum than formerly ; and the...
208 ページ - Rebecca, in chiaro oscuro; forming the last of the series of paintings of the life of our Saviour which surround the chapel. The middle of the aisle, and the space round the organ gallery, are paved with black and white marble, in golochi, frets, and other ornaments ; having, in the centre, an anchor and seaman's compass.
386 ページ - And this townes householders in his life's space Twice over ; but at length his own time came What he for others did, for him the same Was done : no doubt his soule doth live for aye, In heaven, though his body clad in clay.
207 ページ - And gathered them out of the lands, From the east and from the west : From the north and from the south.
476 ページ - The cross, which was. once much higher, and gave name to the place, was formerly a column of wood, raised upon a little hillock; whence the village took the name of High Cross. It was taken down, and the present structure erected, in ks stead, by dean Wood,, in 1600.
159 ページ - Wished yourselves unmarried again ; Or in a twelvemonth and a day, Repented not in thought any way ; But continued true in thought and desire, As when you join'd hands in holy quire.
301 ページ - ... designed for the preservation of the foundation piles. These contracted the space between the piers so greatly, as to occasion, at the retreat of every tide, a fall of five feet, or a number of temporary cataracts, which, since the foundation of the Bridge, have occasioned the loss of many thousand lives.
161 ページ - The centre of the eminence is occupied by the Cathedral and Castle, which, with the streets called the Baileys, are included within the remains of the ancient city walls. Below the walls on one side, the slope is ornamented with hanging gardens and plantations, descending to the river; on the other, the ucclivity is high, rocky, and steep.
180 ページ - ... building to receive this glass, and selected for the spot Fairford, which had been his place of residence for some time. Having purchased the manor of Henry VII., he commenced the church in 1493, but dying soon afterwards it was completed by his son.