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Page 38
... busts of the royal family and eminent statesmen . The library contains a valuable collection of books made by the present sovereign , for George III.'s valuable collection is now in the British Museum . The grand staircase is of marble ...
... busts of the royal family and eminent statesmen . The library contains a valuable collection of books made by the present sovereign , for George III.'s valuable collection is now in the British Museum . The grand staircase is of marble ...
Page 42
... bust of James I. , by Le Sueur , is over the door inside . The annual distribution of alms in the Queen's name takes place here on the day before Good Friday , Maunday Thursday . Be- hind the banquetting - house is a bronze statue of ...
... bust of James I. , by Le Sueur , is over the door inside . The annual distribution of alms in the Queen's name takes place here on the day before Good Friday , Maunday Thursday . Be- hind the banquetting - house is a bronze statue of ...
Page 73
... bust with a group of allegorical figures ; cost £ 3150. - Earl St. Vincent — a statue , by E. H. Baily , cost £ 2100 . In the Crypt below the church , the entrance is by a door near Howard's monument , are the remains of various ...
... bust with a group of allegorical figures ; cost £ 3150. - Earl St. Vincent — a statue , by E. H. Baily , cost £ 2100 . In the Crypt below the church , the entrance is by a door near Howard's monument , are the remains of various ...
Page 74
... bust of Dr. Colet founder of St. Paul's school . In the Middle Aisle lie Lord Chancellor Wedderburn , Dr. Boyce , the musical composer , with others . A large porphyry sar- cophagus contains the body of the Duke of Wellington , and ...
... bust of Dr. Colet founder of St. Paul's school . In the Middle Aisle lie Lord Chancellor Wedderburn , Dr. Boyce , the musical composer , with others . A large porphyry sar- cophagus contains the body of the Duke of Wellington , and ...
Page 84
... bust of that nobleman's wife . The epitaph of Sir James Fullerton has a sentence full of puns . The most interesting object here is the white marble statue of James Watt , executed by Chantrey . The pedestal bears this inscription ...
... bust of that nobleman's wife . The epitaph of Sir James Fullerton has a sentence full of puns . The most interesting object here is the white marble statue of James Watt , executed by Chantrey . The pedestal bears this inscription ...
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Page 178 - Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Page 76 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 76 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of* some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Page 80 - Chiefs, graced with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught, and led, the way to heaven.
Page 85 - A most refreshing preparation for the complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity and healthful state of the Skin. Freckles, Tan Spots, Pimples, Flushes, and Discoloration fly before its application, and give place to ,a healthy and clear complexion.
Page 89 - Shorthand he wrote, his flower 'in prime did fade, And hasty death short-hand of him hath made.
Page 76 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 243 - I have been many a time in the chambers in the Temple which were his, and passed up the staircase, which Johnson, and Burke, and Reynolds trod to see their friend, their poet, their kind Goldsmith, — the stair on which the poor women sat weeping bitterly when they heard that the greatest and most generous of all men was dead within the black oak door.
Page 83 - there have not been a more fantastic couple than his Grace and his faithful Duchess, who was never off her pillion.
Page 349 - His gardens next your admiration call; On every side you look, behold the wall! No pleasing intricacies intervene, No artful wildness to perplex the scene ; Grove nods at grove, each alley has a brother, And half the platform just reflects the other.