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Page 13
... beautiful , the patriotic , the learned , and the pious , have been immured within its dreary walls , and a rigorous captivity has been followed by a cruel death . When we think on the multiplied transgressions of mankind , well may we ...
... beautiful , the patriotic , the learned , and the pious , have been immured within its dreary walls , and a rigorous captivity has been followed by a cruel death . When we think on the multiplied transgressions of mankind , well may we ...
Page 14
... from them , are exquisitely beautiful . Here is a portcullis , too , with its spikes of iron , and the massy gates have enormous hinges ; one of them is broken . There have evidently been two hinges at the bottom of 14 THE TOWER OF LONDON .
... from them , are exquisitely beautiful . Here is a portcullis , too , with its spikes of iron , and the massy gates have enormous hinges ; one of them is broken . There have evidently been two hinges at the bottom of 14 THE TOWER OF LONDON .
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... beautiful and goodly to behold , " Anne Boleyn , Jane Seymour , Anne of Cleves , Catherine Howard , and Catherine Parr , in quick succession , hold their interviews with the eighth Henry , be- fore their espousals to him . What a lesson ...
... beautiful and goodly to behold , " Anne Boleyn , Jane Seymour , Anne of Cleves , Catherine Howard , and Catherine Parr , in quick succession , hold their interviews with the eighth Henry , be- fore their espousals to him . What a lesson ...
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... beautiful . To put the best on the outside is a rule that is observed in many things beside sculpture and architecture . Though the height of St. Paul's so much exceeds that of the Monument , the downward perpendicu- lar view from the ...
... beautiful . To put the best on the outside is a rule that is observed in many things beside sculpture and architecture . Though the height of St. Paul's so much exceeds that of the Monument , the downward perpendicu- lar view from the ...
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... beautiful palfrey , mounted by a gay damsel ; and for seven days together , exhibited the most splendid justs in indulgence of his disgraceful passion . " To the magnificent tournament of Richard 11 , held in this place , “ there issued ...
... beautiful palfrey , mounted by a gay damsel ; and for seven days together , exhibited the most splendid justs in indulgence of his disgraceful passion . " To the magnificent tournament of Richard 11 , held in this place , “ there issued ...
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