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 1J. Williams, 1839 |
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Page viii
... royal charters still upon record that amply establish the implicit credence which it continued to receive for a long period of time . The first of these was one given by King Edgar , which recites that the Abbey Church was consecrated ...
... royal charters still upon record that amply establish the implicit credence which it continued to receive for a long period of time . The first of these was one given by King Edgar , which recites that the Abbey Church was consecrated ...
Page ix
... royal blood , could be interred within its precincts . For an endowment suitable to the majesty of this trust , he procured a bull from the Pope , by which he was empowered to attach to the foundation с a chauntry of three monks and two ...
... royal blood , could be interred within its precincts . For an endowment suitable to the majesty of this trust , he procured a bull from the Pope , by which he was empowered to attach to the foundation с a chauntry of three monks and two ...
Page x
... of its merit would seem to represent it as a royal work , yet there remains a part of it to be mentioned , which a private individual had the honour of superadding to its manifold beauties . This is the X SKETCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY .
... of its merit would seem to represent it as a royal work , yet there remains a part of it to be mentioned , which a private individual had the honour of superadding to its manifold beauties . This is the X SKETCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY .
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... . With Elizabeth ceased all royal benefactions to this ancient pile . It was now abandoned to the casualties of accidental plunder , and the decay which time must ever bring with it , until SKETCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY . ΧΙ.
... . With Elizabeth ceased all royal benefactions to this ancient pile . It was now abandoned to the casualties of accidental plunder , and the decay which time must ever bring with it , until SKETCH OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY . ΧΙ.
Page xix
... royal tomb for John of Eltham , second son of Edward the II . , who took his designation from Eltham , in Kent , where he was born . He died in Scotland , in the nineteenth year of his age ; and is represented as an armed knight , in a ...
... royal tomb for John of Eltham , second son of Edward the II . , who took his designation from Eltham , in Kent , where he was born . He died in Scotland , in the nineteenth year of his age ; and is represented as an armed knight , in a ...
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