The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark |
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... consists of Ladye Chapel and Choir ( Early English ) , Transepts ( Decorated ) , Nave ( Early English ) , and a noble Tower ( the upper stages Perpendicular , the lowest Decorated ) 35 feet square , and , with pinnacles , 163 feet high ...
... consists of Ladye Chapel and Choir ( Early English ) , Transepts ( Decorated ) , Nave ( Early English ) , and a noble Tower ( the upper stages Perpendicular , the lowest Decorated ) 35 feet square , and , with pinnacles , 163 feet high ...
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... consisting of an emaciated , diminutive , recumbent effigy ( a memento mori ) , with an inscription which tells us that he reached the ripe old age of 92 , and that-- " He lived and died an honest man . " His grandson , Thomas Emerson ...
... consisting of an emaciated , diminutive , recumbent effigy ( a memento mori ) , with an inscription which tells us that he reached the ripe old age of 92 , and that-- " He lived and died an honest man . " His grandson , Thomas Emerson ...
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... consists of 682 pages in one hand , of the reign of Henry VIII . , and before the suppression of monasteries . " It is in Latin . † Church Register . The Vestry Book from 1628 to 1670 is missing . In an entry in the College of Arms we ...
... consists of 682 pages in one hand , of the reign of Henry VIII . , and before the suppression of monasteries . " It is in Latin . † Church Register . The Vestry Book from 1628 to 1670 is missing . In an entry in the College of Arms we ...
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Abraham Newland Alleyne Altar Screen angel Archbishop aumbry Bankside Bart Beaufort beautiful beneath Bishop Andrewes Bishop of Winchester Canon canopy Cardinal Cathedral central light Chaplain Choir Christ College Collegiate Church Cross death Decorated Duke of Connaught Early English EARLY NORMAN Edmond Edward Elizabeth England epitaph feet Fletcher gift Gower groined H.R.H. the Duke Henry Henry Sacheverell Holy honour House of Sisters inscription Jesse Tree Joan of Kent Kempe King Knight Ladye Chapel lancet Laud London Lord Mayor Marie Overie Martyrs Massinger memory monument Nave niches North Aisle north-east occupied parish parishioners Pembroke Hall Perpendicular Philip Massinger poet preached Prince Princess Prior reign restoration Richard Richard Hunt Roman Sacheverell Saviour's sermon Shakespeare side Sir Fredk South Aisle South Transept Southwark Stalls stone style Swithun tomb Tower tracery Tree of Jesse Vestry Virgin wall Wigan William Winchester Cathedral Winchester's window words
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Page 12 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Page 33 - Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even 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!
Page 54 - The fairest, or the freshest younge flower That ever I saw, methought, before that hour; For which sudden abate anon astert8 The blood of all my body to my heart.
Page 62 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 35 - Crosse he bore, The deare remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweete sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For soveraine hope which in his helpe he had.
Page 35 - And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord, For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead, as living, ever him ador'd : Upon his shield the like was also scor'd, For sovereign hope, which in his help he had.
Page 37 - The wounds death's arrows make, for thou hast these. In thy king's court good place to thee is given, Whence thou shalt go to the King's court in heaven.
Page 57 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Page 26 - The world wanted learning to know how learned this man was ; so skilled in all (especially Oriental) languages, that some conceive he might, if then living, almost have served as an interpreter general at the confusion of tongues.
Page 26 - Who will not say that the uncommon beauty and marvellous English of the Protestant Bible is not one of the great strongholds of heresy in this country ? It lives on the ear, like a music that can never be forgotten, like the sound of church bells, which the convert hardly knows how he can forego.