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 xviii
... fathers , and highly charita- ble : amongst other remaining proofs of her liberality is the founda- tion she laid of a scholarship at St. John's College , Oxford . At the door of this chapel were interred the remains of Sir Henry ...
... fathers , and highly charita- ble : amongst other remaining proofs of her liberality is the founda- tion she laid of a scholarship at St. John's College , Oxford . At the door of this chapel were interred the remains of Sir Henry ...
Page xxxi
... father of Colley Cibber , the comic author and actor . Beneath appears the emphatical word , " Resurgam ; I shall arise , " which is the motto of the Cathedral , as the Phoenix is its crest . The choice is said to have been made from ...
... father of Colley Cibber , the comic author and actor . Beneath appears the emphatical word , " Resurgam ; I shall arise , " which is the motto of the Cathedral , as the Phoenix is its crest . The choice is said to have been made from ...
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... father , Dr. Launcelot Addison , was rector . Addison , the father , enjoyed other preferments in the church ; he was one of the chaplains to Charles II . a pre- bendary in Salisbury Cathedral , and dean of Litchfield as an au- thor he ...
... father , Dr. Launcelot Addison , was rector . Addison , the father , enjoyed other preferments in the church ; he was one of the chaplains to Charles II . a pre- bendary in Salisbury Cathedral , and dean of Litchfield as an au- thor he ...
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... he fell exhausted with pain and weakness . After administering this summary punish- ment , his own liberty was even more precarious than his father's had just been . He therefore hurried on board the 23 THE DUKE OF ALBEMARLE, K. G. ...
... he fell exhausted with pain and weakness . After administering this summary punish- ment , his own liberty was even more precarious than his father's had just been . He therefore hurried on board the 23 THE DUKE OF ALBEMARLE, K. G. ...
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... father and son were buried in a vault un- der the North aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel , the descent to which is marked by a closet , containing an effigy of the general in armour At his death his means were very affluent ; he had a ...
... father and son were buried in a vault un- der the North aisle of Henry VII.'s Chapel , the descent to which is marked by a closet , containing an effigy of the general in armour At his death his means were very affluent ; he had a ...
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