The Antiquarian and Architectural Year BookT.C. Newby., 1845 |
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altar ancient antiquarian antiquaries antiquity appears arch Archæological architecture arms artists barrow bearing Beauchamp beautiful bones brass building buried C. R. Smith Caen stone Cæsar canopies Canterbury carved cathedral centre century chamber chancel chantry chapel character Chichester cathedral choir church clerestory colour compartments containing corbels covered Coway cromlech cross decorated decorated period diameter discovered Earl early east end east window edifice Edward effigies erected feet figures fragments glass painting Gouda ground head Henry inches inscription John John Thrower king Lord Malvern Melverley ment modern monument mouldings nave Norman north aisle Old Sarum original ornamented painted glass pannels parish period pinx plain portion present probably reign remains repair restoration Roman roof Rougham Saint Scythians sepulchral somme south aisle specimens spire square stained glass stone style surmounted Thames tiles tion tomb tower tracery tumulus wall whole
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Page 126 - Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends ; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Page 204 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 424 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder : The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Page 298 - ... one of the queen's ecclesiastical commissioners, and in conjunction with the archbishops of Canterbury, reformed the calendar, and ordered that the ten commandments should be set up at the east end of every church in the kingdom. In 1564, when some of the leading prelates began to display the spirit of domination over conscience, Bishop Grindal was ordered by the queen and Archbishop Parker, to prosecute all those who would not comply with the act of uniformity. He obeyed the mandate, but with...
Page 319 - Till that God, displeased with us, Suffered her at last to fall, Not from him, but from us all. And, because she took delight Christ's poor members to invite, He fully now requites her love, And sends his angels from above, That did to heaven her soul convey To solemnize his own birth day.
Page 319 - Matched with two great English peers ; She that did supply the wars With thunder, and the court with stars...
Page 418 - He shall call upon Me, and I will hear him ; yea, I am with him in trouble ; I will deliver him, and bring him to honour.
Page 30 - B chamber contained urns, and other article) of the ordinary funereal deposits. It is not at all likely that any Roman building should be standing above ground in this country, with a tiled roof laid over it 1500 years ago. Another feature in this chamber, of peculiar interest to myself, was the arched vaulting, a mode of construction, of which, I believe, there are very few examples among us which can positively be assigned to the Romans — so few, indeed, that, at one time, it was imagined that...
Page xviii - This officer, upon taking a survey of the numberless monuments of the dead spread over this great desert, concluded that the barrow of the largest dimensions most probably contained the remains of the prince or chief; and he was not mistaken, for, after removing a very deep covering of earth and stones, the workmen came to three vaults, constructed of stones, of rude workmanship. That wherein the prince was deposited — which was in the centre, and the largest of the three — was easily distinguished...
Page 321 - Who departinge this lief wthout issue ye 21th day of February, 1589, at Bedford Howse neare the City of London, from, whence as him self desired his corps was conveyed and interred in this place neare his brother Robert E : of Leyc...