A Concise Description of Bury St. Edmund's: And Its Environs, Within the Distance of Ten MilesLongman, 1827 - 369 pages |
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Abbey acres advowson afterwards aged altar ancient Anne Bart Bishop Bury St Calthorpe chancel CHARITIES Charles CHURCH consists Clare Crofts Cullum daughter of Sir Davers death died Feb died March died Nov ditto Drinkstone Drury Earl of Bristol east of Bury Edmund's Edward eldest Elizabeth Encumbents flat stone Flempton formerly Fornham Fornham All Saints Gage Gent George Hall handsome Hartest heir Hengrave Henry VIII Houses Hundred of Blackbourn Icklingham Inhabitants Ipswich James Jermyn John Moseley King Knight Lackford Lady land late Latin inscription Lavenham Lawshall Livermere London Lord Lordship manor Marquess married Mary memory miles Moseley mural monument nave Norfolk north wall octagonal stone font Ousden parish poor possession presented principal proprietors rector reign Richard Risby Rougham Rushbrooke Sir John Sir Robert Sir William Sir William Gage south aisle south of Bury south side south wall Suffolk tablet Thos Timworth tomb Whelnetham wife window Woolpit
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Page 169 - BRIGHT be the place of thy soul ! No lovelier spirit than thine E'er burst from its mortal control, In the orbs of the blessed to shine. On earth thou wert all but divine, As thy soul shall immortally be ; And our sorrow may cease to repine, When we know that thy God is with thee.
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Page 236 - This circumstance contributed in no small dc" gree to give a clearness and a fluency to his " phraseology. For the same reason he is often " tedious and languid. His chief excellence is in " description, especially where the subject admits "a flowery diction. He is seldom .pathetic, or
Page 59 - ... sun never saw, so curiously doth it hang upon a gentle descent, with a little river on the east side ; nor a monastery more noble, whether one considers its endowments, largeness, or unparalleled magnificence. One might even think the monastery alone a city ; so many gates it has, some whereof are brass : so many towers and a church, than which nothing can be more magnificent ; as appendages to which there are three more, of admirable beauty and workmanship, in the same church-yard.
Page 203 - Beneath the covering of this little stone Lie the poor shrunk yet dear remains of one With merit humble, and with virtue fair, With knowledge modest, and with...
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Page 203 - Upright in all the social calls of life, The friend, the daughter, sister, and the wife!' So just the disposition of her soul, Nature left Reason nothing to control : Firm, pious, patient, affable of mind, Happy in life, and yet in death...
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