The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 5 |
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... altars and shrines , together with St. Ethelwold's stone crucifix , and fled from the Island of Lindisfarne , where the episcopal See had con- tinued 241 years . " With their holy charge , the Bishop and his company passed into the ...
... altars and shrines , together with St. Ethelwold's stone crucifix , and fled from the Island of Lindisfarne , where the episcopal See had con- tinued 241 years . " With their holy charge , the Bishop and his company passed into the ...
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... Altars strongly indicate . The side aisles , both of the nave and choir , were vaulted with simicircular arches , groined , and the ribs of the groins carved ; but the nave and the choir were open to the timber roof . The nave exhibits ...
... Altars strongly indicate . The side aisles , both of the nave and choir , were vaulted with simicircular arches , groined , and the ribs of the groins carved ; but the nave and the choir were open to the timber roof . The nave exhibits ...
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... altars in England . Considering that , in the diligence of his predecessors , to immor- talize the memory of their favorite and beneficent Saint , they had forgotten due homage to the Virgin Mary , Bishop Hugh Pudsey , Patriarch of ...
... altars in England . Considering that , in the diligence of his predecessors , to immor- talize the memory of their favorite and beneficent Saint , they had forgotten due homage to the Virgin Mary , Bishop Hugh Pudsey , Patriarch of ...
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... Altars has been likewise attributed to him ; though its completion is ascribed by Hutchinson , to Richard de Hotoun , who acceded to the priory in 1289 . No material alterations , or additions , were made in the Cathe- dral , from the ...
... Altars has been likewise attributed to him ; though its completion is ascribed by Hutchinson , to Richard de Hotoun , who acceded to the priory in 1289 . No material alterations , or additions , were made in the Cathe- dral , from the ...
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... Altars , which forms the eastern extremity of the Cathedral , is the memorable basso relievo representing the event which occasioned the latter to be founded on this spot . Accord- ing to the legend , the monks who had removed St ...
... Altars , which forms the eastern extremity of the Cathedral , is the memorable basso relievo representing the event which occasioned the latter to be founded on this spot . Accord- ing to the legend , the monks who had removed St ...
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Abbey Abbot acres afterwards aisle altar ancient Antiquities appears arches beautiful Bishop Bishop of Durham brick building built called Camulodunum Castle Cathedral centre chancel Chapel Church Cirencester Colchester Crown dedicated to St Domesday Book Domesday Survey Duke Durham Earl east Edward the Confessor effigies Elizabeth eminence England erected Essex estates expence feet Glocester Gloucestershire granted ground Hall Henry the Eighth Henry the Third hill inches inclosed inhabitants inscription King Knight Lady land late latter London Lord Lysons manor mansion miles monument nave nearly number of houses original ornamented parish park Peter de Montfort pillars possession principal Priory Pudsey Queen reign of Henry remains Richard river river Wear Robert Roman Saxon seat Severn Sir John situated Sockburne South Shields south side square stone supposed Tewkesbury Thomas tion tower town transept various village wall west end William
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Page 376 - Wished yourselves unmarried again ; Or in a twelve-month and a day Repented not in thought any way, But continued true in thought and desire, As when you joined hands in holy quire.
Page 339 - It may please your grace, that were not for " mine ease: they are most of them my retainers, that " are come to do me service at such a time as this, and
Page 376 - As when you join'd hands in holy quire. If to these conditions without all fear, Of your own accord you will freely swear, A whole gammon of bacon you shall receive. And bear it hence with love and good leave ; For this is our custom at Dunmow well known ; Tho' the pleasure be ours, the bacon's your own.
Page 151 - ... the Boat moving, as it were, upon a centre; the fine entrance below is of use in dividing the waves, when rowing against them ; and, combined with the convexity of the bottom, and the elliptical form of the stem, admits her to rise with wonderful buoyancy in...
Page 117 - All were welcome that came; and even their beasts had so much care taken of them, that it was humorously said, " If a horse was turned loose in any part of the country, it would immediately make its way to the rector of Houghton's.
Page 35 - Journal (first edition, p. 281.) ..." we came to Durham (AD 1657), where was a Man come down from London, to set up a College there, to make Ministers of Christ, as they said : I went, with some others, to reason with the Man, and to let him see, ' That to teach Men Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, and the Seven Arts' which was all but the Teachings of the Natural Man, was not ' the Way to make them Ministers of Christ.
Page 677 - Weave the warp, and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race. Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright, The shrieks of death through Berkeley's roofs that ring ; Shrieks of an agonizing king...
Page 37 - Whereupon the king, furiously enraged, presently repaired to the hermit's place, with his daughter, attended by several knights, where he instantly accosted the servant of God in the following manner : ' What ! art thou he, who, under the colour of religion, profanest the temple and sanctuary of God ? Art thou he, who, under the cloak and profession of an hermit, exercisest thyself in all...
Page 694 - The recommendatory Letter of Oliver Cromwell to William Lenthall, esq. speaker of the House of Commons, for erecting a college and university at Durham, and his Letters Patent (when lord protector) for founding the same; with the Address of the provost and fellows of the said college, &c." 4to. " A sketch of the Life and Character of Bishop Trevor,
Page 150 - ... nearly with the level of the keel. The ends of the bottom section form that fine kind of entrance- observable in the lower part of the bow of the fishing boat, called a coble, much used in the north.