The Spell of EnglandPage Company, 1922 - 433 страници |
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... night to comfortable sleep in a modern and civilized house . This is an ideal method of exploiting a neighbourhood so replete with interest as the heart of England , and we have done it several times . In the churchyard of the Parish ...
... night to comfortable sleep in a modern and civilized house . This is an ideal method of exploiting a neighbourhood so replete with interest as the heart of England , and we have done it several times . In the churchyard of the Parish ...
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... night for the soul of the worthy centrepiece who lies in brass and marble in the chapel . Here , among other monuments , is the figure of the " noble Impe , " the son of Earl Robert of Leicester , a child who died before he was four ...
... night for the soul of the worthy centrepiece who lies in brass and marble in the chapel . Here , among other monuments , is the figure of the " noble Impe , " the son of Earl Robert of Leicester , a child who died before he was four ...
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... night away . ' Tis crumbled into dust : and dead the damsels After the gay days of long ago . you . I hereby give a recipe for all who want to enjoy this castle . Sit back on the grassy bank , and visualize the scene , with Scott open ...
... night away . ' Tis crumbled into dust : and dead the damsels After the gay days of long ago . you . I hereby give a recipe for all who want to enjoy this castle . Sit back on the grassy bank , and visualize the scene , with Scott open ...
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... night , " there stood by him the celestial Being , glistening with clear light , saying to him , ' Rise and fol- low me , ' and it seemed in his dream that he arose and followed Him , until he came to the place where the body of the ...
... night , " there stood by him the celestial Being , glistening with clear light , saying to him , ' Rise and fol- low me , ' and it seemed in his dream that he arose and followed Him , until he came to the place where the body of the ...
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... , when suddenly in the silence of the dead of night , God , who deals strangely with his saints , had pity on her ; and she saw the whole church lit up with celes- tial splendour , and a snow white dove flying hither Banbury Cross 47.
... , when suddenly in the silence of the dead of night , God , who deals strangely with his saints , had pity on her ; and she saw the whole church lit up with celes- tial splendour , and a snow white dove flying hither Banbury Cross 47.
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Страница 80 - With that grim ferryman* which poets write of, Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. The first that there did greet my stranger soul Was my great father-in-law, renowned Warwick, Who cried aloud, " What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence ?
Страница 162 - My Lord of Ely, when I was last in Holborn, I saw good strawberries in your garden there : I do beseech you send for some of them.
Страница 345 - My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to be bless'd.
Страница 80 - At which words King Edward said nothing, but with his hand thrust him from him (or, as some say, stroke him with his gauntlet), whom incontinent they that strode about, which were George Duke of Clarence, Richard duke of Gloucester, Thomas Marquis Dorset, and William Lord Hastings, suddenly murdered and piteously mangled.
Страница 36 - Leofric ! could my name be forgotten, and yours alone remembered ! But perhaps my innocence may save me from reproach ; and how many as. innocent are in fear and famine ! No eye will open on me but fresh from tears.
Страница 12 - Meanwhile, the queen had no sooner stepped on the bridge than a new spectacle was provided ; for, as soon as the music gave signal that she was so far advanced, a raft, so disposed as to resemble a small floating island, illuminated by a great variety of torches, and surrounded by floating pageants formed to represent sea-horses, on which sat Tritons, Nereids...
Страница 198 - at the Mount of St Mary's, in the stony stage where I now stand, I have brought you some fine biscuits, baked in the oven of charity, carefully conserved for the chickens of the church, the sparrows of the spirit, and the sweet swallows of salvation.
Страница 359 - ... to preach. It is reported that, as they drew near to the city, after their manner, with the holy cross, and the image of our sovereign Lord and King, Jesus Christ, they, in concert...
Страница 143 - Slavery ; vastly fond of great Noises that fill the Ear, such as the firing of Cannon, Drums, and the ringing of Bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a Glass in their Heads, to go up into some Belfry, and ring the Bells for Hours together, for the sake of Exercise.
Страница 360 - As soon as they entered the dwelling-place assigned them, they began to imitate the course of life practised in the primitive church : applying themselves to frequent prayer, watching, and fasting ; preaching the word of life to as many as they could ; despising all worldly things, as not belonging to them ; receiving only their necessary food from those they taught...