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... Henry VI .; and a curious work on heraldry of the fifteenth century . Of Henry VIII.'s time there is a Treatise on General Councils , by Arch- bishop Cranmer . " The Oryginal De- positions subscribyd wth th'andys of such as here foloyth ...
... Henry VI .; and a curious work on heraldry of the fifteenth century . Of Henry VIII.'s time there is a Treatise on General Councils , by Arch- bishop Cranmer . " The Oryginal De- positions subscribyd wth th'andys of such as here foloyth ...
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... Henry VI .; and a curious work on heraldry of the fifteenth century . Of Henry VIII.'s time there is a Treatise on General Councils , by Arch- bishop Cranmer . " The Oryginal De- positions subscribyd wth th'andys of such as here foloyth ...
... Henry VI .; and a curious work on heraldry of the fifteenth century . Of Henry VIII.'s time there is a Treatise on General Councils , by Arch- bishop Cranmer . " The Oryginal De- positions subscribyd wth th'andys of such as here foloyth ...
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... Henry III . If these obnoxious pinnacles were thrown down the front would be much improved . The flanks are divided by pilaster - formed buttresses into seven divisions ; the two nearest the ends of the aisles have arched door- ways and ...
... Henry III . If these obnoxious pinnacles were thrown down the front would be much improved . The flanks are divided by pilaster - formed buttresses into seven divisions ; the two nearest the ends of the aisles have arched door- ways and ...
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... in 1775 ; Moore published a view in his Monastic Remains , taken in 1788 ; and Sir R. Hoare has engraved an in- ternal view of it in his " Giraldus Cambrensis . " Yours , & c . N. R. S. 1831. ] minster . * HENRY IV . 1399 . 3.
... in 1775 ; Moore published a view in his Monastic Remains , taken in 1788 ; and Sir R. Hoare has engraved an in- ternal view of it in his " Giraldus Cambrensis . " Yours , & c . N. R. S. 1831. ] minster . * HENRY IV . 1399 . 3.
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... HENRY III . had solemnized his marriage with Eleanor of Provence , in the city of Canterbury , they were , on their way to London , met by the Mayor , Aldermen , and principal citizens , to the number of three hundred and sixty ...
... HENRY III . had solemnized his marriage with Eleanor of Provence , in the city of Canterbury , they were , on their way to London , met by the Mayor , Aldermen , and principal citizens , to the number of three hundred and sixty ...
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Page 118 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings.
Page 297 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 140 - There is no instance of a man before Gibbons who gave to wood the loose and airy lightness of flowers, and chained together the various productions . of the elements with a free disorder natural to each species.
Page 125 - when Dr. Johnson, one day, read his own Satire, in which the life of a scholar is painted, with the various obstructions thrown in his way to fortune and to fame, he burst into a passion of tears : Mr.
Page 225 - Johnson's own notions about eating however were nothing less than delicate : a leg of pork boiled till it dropped from the bone, a veal pie with plums and sugar, or the outside cut of a salt buttock of beef, were his favourite dainties : with regard to drink, his liking was for the strongest, as it was not the flavour, but the effect he sought for, and professed to desire ; and when I first knew him, he used to pour capillaire into his Port wine. For the last twelve years however, he left off all...
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Page 126 - Boswell has chosen to omit, for reasons which will be presently obvious, that Johnson and Adam Smith met at Glasgow ; but I have been assured by Professor John Miller that they did so, and that Smith, leaving the party in which he had met Johnson, happened to come to another company where Miller was.