 ... which is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particularly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy; yet I saw that ruby as well as if I had it in my...  Shrines of British Saints - Page 144by James Charles Wall - 1905 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Augusta Sneyd - England - 1847 - 170 pages
...thumb-nail, which is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particularly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the Io vi'li un grano, «sendo pure con raidi ; et per ognl banda, dove Гocchio... | |
 | William Jones (F.S.A.) - 1877 - 624 pages
...thumb-nail, which is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particularly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy, yet I saw the ruby as well as if it had been in my hand.... | |
 | Francis Aidan Gasquet - Great Britain - 1889 - 644 pages
...that I am afraid to name it ; but everything is far surpassed by a ruby, not larger than a thumbnail, which is fixed at the right of the altar. The church...setting and the weather was cloudy ; nevertheless I saw the ruby as if I had it in my hand. They say it was given by a king of France." This jewel was no doubt... | |
 | William Holden Hutton - Great Britain - 1889 - 334 pages
...name it ; but everything is far surpassed by a ruby, not larger than a thumb-nail, which is set to the right of the altar. The church is somewhat dark,...spot where the shrine is placed ; and when we went to sec it, the sun was near setting, and the weather was cloudy ; nevertheless I saw that ruby as if I... | |
 | John Charles Cox - Canterbury (England) - 1905 - 326 pages
...that I am afraid to name it ; but everything is far surpassed by a ruby, not larger than a thumb-nail, which is fixed at the right of the altar. The church...setting and the weather was cloudy ; nevertheless I saw the ruby as if I had it in my hand. They say it was given by a king of France.1 The last foreign person... | |
 | Albert Frederick Pollard - Great Britain - 1914 - 360 pages
...thumb-nail, which is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particularly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy ; yet I saw that ruby as well as if I had it in my hand... | |
 | John Milton Berdan - English poetry - 1920 - 602 pages
...thumb-nail, which is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particularly BO where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy; yet I saw that ruby as well as if I had it in my hand;... | |
 | Teresa Grace Frisch - Art - 1987 - 196 pages
...man's thumb nail, which is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark and particularly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy; yet I saw that ruby as well as if I had it in my hand;... | |
 | Derek Baker - History - 1995 - 278 pages
...of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particui A delicate rose-red variety of ruby. larly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy; yet I saw that ruby as well as if I had it in my hand;... | |
 | 644 pages
...rose-red variety of mliy. is set to the right of the altar. The church is rather dark, and particularly so where the shrine is placed, and when we went to see it the sun was nearly gone down, and the weather was cloudy; yet I saw that ruby as well as if I had it in my hand... | |
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