The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour (St. Marie Overie), Southwark |
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... feet long and about 130 feet broad , and 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 ...
... feet long and about 130 feet broad , and 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 ...
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... architectural Three in One . As we enter this Aisle we may recognise at our feet a token of the great antiquity of the site of this Church and its surroundings - some Roman tesseræ found about fifty years ago in digging a grave in 16.
... architectural Three in One . As we enter this Aisle we may recognise at our feet a token of the great antiquity of the site of this Church and its surroundings - some Roman tesseræ found about fifty years ago in digging a grave in 16.
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... feet . Whatever may have been his fortunes in war , he certainly experienced some strange vicissitudes , and suffered many indignities in this Church from time to time . At one period he was tossed about as useless lumber at the west ...
... feet . Whatever may have been his fortunes in war , he certainly experienced some strange vicissitudes , and suffered many indignities in this Church from time to time . At one period he was tossed about as useless lumber at the west ...
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... every mouth his teeth a sinner tore . ' That one above , ' to me the master said , Is traitor Judas , doomed to greater pangs ; His feet are quivering , while sinks down his head . 99 16 The New Nave . " The arborescent look of lofty. 44.
... every mouth his teeth a sinner tore . ' That one above , ' to me the master said , Is traitor Judas , doomed to greater pangs ; His feet are quivering , while sinks down his head . 99 16 The New Nave . " The arborescent look of lofty. 44.
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... feet below the level of the floor of its Early English successor , and led into the Cloisters by one or two descending steps . The other is a recess which was , perhaps , originally occupied by a recumbent figure . It has been suggested ...
... feet below the level of the floor of its Early English successor , and led into the Cloisters by one or two descending steps . The other is a recess which was , perhaps , originally occupied by a recumbent figure . It has been suggested ...
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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.
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