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... feet deep . The oyster fisheries of Feversham and Milton , and the Swales of the Medway , have long been noted ; and at St. Margaret's bay , near Dover , large quan- tities of small but very delicate lobsters are caught . The two ...
... feet deep . The oyster fisheries of Feversham and Milton , and the Swales of the Medway , have long been noted ; and at St. Margaret's bay , near Dover , large quan- tities of small but very delicate lobsters are caught . The two ...
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... feet , lighted by ele- gant windows , and adorned with rich pendants and beautiful fan - work , produces a very grand effect . From the Nave a triple flight of steps leads to the Choir , through a most beautiful stone Screen , con ...
... feet , lighted by ele- gant windows , and adorned with rich pendants and beautiful fan - work , produces a very grand effect . From the Nave a triple flight of steps leads to the Choir , through a most beautiful stone Screen , con ...
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... feet resting on a lion . The tomb is orna- mented with his arms and plume of feathers , in va- rious compartments , and has long inscriptions , both in prose and verse , in old French . Above are sus- pended his tabard of arms ...
... feet resting on a lion . The tomb is orna- mented with his arms and plume of feathers , in va- rious compartments , and has long inscriptions , both in prose and verse , in old French . Above are sus- pended his tabard of arms ...
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... feet thick . About 300 yards to the south - east of the Castle is a high artificial mount , called Dane - John Hill , of which the origin has been much disputed . In 1790 , by the exertions of Mr. Alderman Simmons , this hill , and the ...
... feet thick . About 300 yards to the south - east of the Castle is a high artificial mount , called Dane - John Hill , of which the origin has been much disputed . In 1790 , by the exertions of Mr. Alderman Simmons , this hill , and the ...
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... feet ; of the nave , from the western entrance to the steps of the choir , 150 ; of the choir , 156 ; of the western cross aisle , 122 ; of the eastern , 90 ; breadth of the nave , without its side aisles , 33 ; including them , 75 ; of ...
... feet ; of the nave , from the western entrance to the steps of the choir , 150 ; of the choir , 156 ; of the western cross aisle , 122 ; of the eastern , 90 ; breadth of the nave , without its side aisles , 33 ; including them , 75 ; of ...
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Abbey afterwards aisles ancient annual Fairs antiquity appearance Archbishop arches architecture beautiful Bishop building built called Canterbury Castle Cathedral celebrated centre century Chapel Chapel of Ease Choir Church Cinque Ports coast command considerable consists contains Cornwall dedicated to St died Domesday Book Duke Earl east edifice Edward Edward IV Edward the Confessor elegant Elizabeth eminence entrance erected established extensive feet formerly founded handsome Harbour held Henry VIII hill House inhabitants Island Julius Cæsar Jurats Kent King King of Kent Lord Maidstone mansion Margate Mayor ment miles from London monarchs monuments nave nearly neat neighbourhood Norman architecture ornamented parish Parliament period persons population possession present principal Queen rebuilt reign remains residence river Roman Royal Saxon School ships side situated spacious spire square tower stone Street Surrey tion tomb town transept various venerable village walls William William the Conqueror Winchester
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Página 87 - Lunebourg table : her bosom was uncovered, as all the English ladies have it, till they marry ; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels ; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low ; her air was stately, her manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Página 88 - Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread ; when they had kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Página 197 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Página 88 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness ; instead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Página 87 - ... next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we were told, very majestic; her face oblong, fair but wrinkled; her eyes small, yet black and pleasant, her nose a little hooked; her lips narrow, and her teeth black (a defect the English...
Página 88 - As she went along in all this state and magnificence she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian ; for, besides being well skilled in Greek, Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch and Dutch.
Página 240 - ... was eminently delighted with those flights of imagination which pass the bounds of nature, and to which the mind is reconciled only by a passive acquiescence in popular traditions.
Página 188 - Heavens! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays!
Página 68 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs that wing the midway air Show scarce so gross as beetles: halfway down Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade!
Página 148 - He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation.