The Monuments and Genii of St. Paul's Cathedral, and of Westminster Abbey: With Historical Sketches and Descriptions of Both Churches : Forming an Entirely New and Correct Biography of All that is Interesting in the Lives and Achievements of the Most Illustrious Characters of the United Kingdoms, Volume 1John Williams, 1826 - London (England) |
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... house in his dominions , Westminster Abbey , with all its wealth and all its honours , was among the first plunder that fell into his ungodly grasp . A formal surrender of the place - its revenues and patronage -was made into his hands ...
... house in his dominions , Westminster Abbey , with all its wealth and all its honours , was among the first plunder that fell into his ungodly grasp . A formal surrender of the place - its revenues and patronage -was made into his hands ...
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... house . The screen of this chapel was built by his liberality ; and by his taste , too , was the fine window at the west of the church first studded with painted glass . In 1706 , during some repairs of the chapel , the coffin of Abbot ...
... house . The screen of this chapel was built by his liberality ; and by his taste , too , was the fine window at the west of the church first studded with painted glass . In 1706 , during some repairs of the chapel , the coffin of Abbot ...
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... house of Lancaster their claim to the crown of England . This king is by some erroneously supposed to have derived his surname from a deformity in his person ; but the probability is that he obtained it from the crouch or cross worn in ...
... house of Lancaster their claim to the crown of England . This king is by some erroneously supposed to have derived his surname from a deformity in his person ; but the probability is that he obtained it from the crouch or cross worn in ...
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... House of Brunswick ; but , as they have been subsequently removed to the Chapel in Windsor Palace , which is appropriated for the reception of the family , no par- ticular mention of them can in this place be interesting . Much more ...
... House of Brunswick ; but , as they have been subsequently removed to the Chapel in Windsor Palace , which is appropriated for the reception of the family , no par- ticular mention of them can in this place be interesting . Much more ...
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... House in London , Joseph Addison there began to cement that friendship with Sir Richard Steele , which was to conduce so shortly after , and so highly , to the improvement of English literature . Entering Queen's College , Oxford , at ...
... House in London , Joseph Addison there began to cement that friendship with Sir Richard Steele , which was to conduce so shortly after , and so highly , to the improvement of English literature . Entering Queen's College , Oxford , at ...
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