Cathedrals, Abbeys, and Churches of England and Wales: Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial, Zväzok 1

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Thomas George Bonney
Cassell, 1898 - 838 strán (strany)
 

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Strana 367 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Strana 314 - Vanbrugh , and is a good example of his heavy though imposing style (*Lie heavy on him, Earth, for he Laid many a heavy load on thee"), with a Corinthian portico in the centre and two projecting wings.
Strana 333 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Strana 369 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Strana 373 - Britain's isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : "The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing.
Strana 320 - By Wolsey's gift I measure time for all ; To mirth, to grief, to church, I serve to call.
Strana 200 - Church dates from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth...
Strana 302 - A | Naturalist's Calendar | with Observations in Various Branches | of | Natural History ; | extracted from the papers | of the late | Rev. Gilbert White, MA | of Selborne, Hampshire, | Senior Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. | Never before published.
Strana 347 - Stranger, to whom this monument is shown, Invoke the poet's curse upon Malone ; Whose meddling zeal his barbarous taste betrays, And daubs his tombstone as he mars his plays ! " * An engraved head of Shakspere faces the title-page of an early folio edition of his works.

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