Gentleman's Magazine Library: English topography, Parte17E. Stock, 1905 |
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... observations of those who , hating the destroying tendencies of the past age , expressed their dismay at useless and wanton destruction , or of those who , loving the record of existin gevidences of the past , put down their observations ...
... observations of those who , hating the destroying tendencies of the past age , expressed their dismay at useless and wanton destruction , or of those who , loving the record of existin gevidences of the past , put down their observations ...
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... observation . Opposite the entrance from the front - garden , and surrounding a doorway , now disused , is some curious carved work of foliage , fruits , and flowers , disfigured by a tawdry colouring . Against its north wall is a ...
... observation . Opposite the entrance from the front - garden , and surrounding a doorway , now disused , is some curious carved work of foliage , fruits , and flowers , disfigured by a tawdry colouring . Against its north wall is a ...
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... observations , in which the points of resemblance between the present and the Roman hall will be noticed . In plan the present crypt is rectangular , measuring in the clear 27 feet 10 inches by 21 feet 8 inches . In the centre is a ...
... observations , in which the points of resemblance between the present and the Roman hall will be noticed . In plan the present crypt is rectangular , measuring in the clear 27 feet 10 inches by 21 feet 8 inches . In the centre is a ...
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... observe that in the view are represented the lanthorn and vane belonging to the great hall called Juxon's Hall . They appear above the roof of the guard - chamber , which intercepts the remainder of this elegant building . This hall ...
... observe that in the view are represented the lanthorn and vane belonging to the great hall called Juxon's Hall . They appear above the roof of the guard - chamber , which intercepts the remainder of this elegant building . This hall ...
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... observe , therefore , that the new palace is erecting chiefly on the site of the old , extending eastward from the lofty tower that adjoins the chapel . The plan appears to me to be in the best taste , partaking chiefly of a Gothic ...
... observe , therefore , that the new palace is erecting chiefly on the site of the old , extending eastward from the lofty tower that adjoins the chapel . The plan appears to me to be in the best taste , partaking chiefly of a Gothic ...
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altar altar-screen ancient antiquary antiquity appears Archbishop arches architect architecture architrave argent azure beautiful Bermondsey Bishop Bishop of Winchester brick building built Camberwell centre chancel choir Church of St columns cornice Court crowned crypt curious daughter destroyed died Diocese of Winchester doorway east end edifice Edward Elizabeth Eltham Eltham Palace entablature entrance erected feet fesse front gallery gentleman Gentleman's Magazine George Gwilt Gothic governors Greenwich gules Gwilt hall Henry Henry VIII impaling inscription John King Lady Chapel Lambeth lancet windows London Bridge Lord Lysons magnificent manor Metropolis modern monument mouldings nave north aisle Olave's original ornamented painted palace parishioners piers Plate portion present preservation Prior Queen remains repairs restoration road roof sable Saviour's Church south side Southwark stone Street structure style Surrey tion Tooley Street tower transept vault vestry wall whole wife William Winchester Winchester Palace window
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Página 189 - Ocean, the first thing which strikes us is, that, the north-east and south-east monsoons, which are found the one on the north and the other on...
Página 59 - E'en such is man; whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth; The flower fades, the morning hasteth; The sun sets, the shadow flies; The gourd consumes, — and man he dies...
Página 122 - School ; and the inhabitants of the parish of St. Olave were not slow to follow so enlightened and benevolent a policy. St. Olave's School was set on foot in the year 1560, and constituted 'The Free Grammar School of Queen Elizabeth of the Parishioners of the parish of St. Olave, by letters patent issued in 1571.
Página 205 - ... the point upwards : next came the queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small , yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English seem subject...
Página 205 - Royal scepter, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards : next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic ; her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled ; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant ; her nose a little hooked ; her lips narrow, and her teeth black...
Página 206 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and, after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread ; when they had kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. A t last...
Página 205 - First went gentlemen, barons, earls, knights of the garter, all richly dressed and bare-headed: next came the chancellor, bearing the seals in a red silk purse between two; one of which carried the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards...
Página 206 - At the end of all this ceremonial a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who, with particular solemnity, lifted the meat off the table, and conveyed it into the queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court. . . . The queen dines and sups alone, with very few attendants ; and it is very seldom that anybody, foreigner or native, is admitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of somebody in power.
Página 205 - In the chapel was excellent music ; as soon as it and the service was over, which scarce exceeded half an hour, the Queen returned in the same state and order, and prepared to go to dinner. But while she was still at prayers, we saw her table set out with the following solemnity: — " A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and, after kneeling...