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Page 28
... tomb- stone , on which was graven the word Resurgam . This word was instantly adopted as the required motto . Whether this story be true or not , a more appropriate motto could scarcely have been found . I have often gazed on the ...
... tomb- stone , on which was graven the word Resurgam . This word was instantly adopted as the required motto . Whether this story be true or not , a more appropriate motto could scarcely have been found . I have often gazed on the ...
Page 136
... tomb . Now and then drops in the country manufac- turer , to pass away the half - hour he has to spare , before he keeps his appointment with some tradesman in the neighbourhood . He enters with an impatient air ; he regards with a ...
... tomb . Now and then drops in the country manufac- turer , to pass away the half - hour he has to spare , before he keeps his appointment with some tradesman in the neighbourhood . He enters with an impatient air ; he regards with a ...
Page 138
... tomb , his gauntleted hands raised in supplication ; the pendant banners , once floating in the stormy blast of battle , but now hanging motionless ; the piles of sculptured marble , commemorating the achieve- ments of the illustrious ...
... tomb , his gauntleted hands raised in supplication ; the pendant banners , once floating in the stormy blast of battle , but now hanging motionless ; the piles of sculptured marble , commemorating the achieve- ments of the illustrious ...
Page 140
... tomb whatever has been done by the sleeping inhabitant below for God's glory , or man's good . When the sculptor's chisel and the poet's pen are employed to make us love what is truly lovely , and reverence what is worthy of our best ...
... tomb whatever has been done by the sleeping inhabitant below for God's glory , or man's good . When the sculptor's chisel and the poet's pen are employed to make us love what is truly lovely , and reverence what is worthy of our best ...
Page 141
... their beautifully carved gothic canopies ; the brass chapel and tomb of the founder , the pavement of black and white marble ; these , and the motionless banners of the chieftains , blazoned with illustrious names WESTMINSTER ABBEY . 141 .
... their beautifully carved gothic canopies ; the brass chapel and tomb of the founder , the pavement of black and white marble ; these , and the motionless banners of the chieftains , blazoned with illustrious names WESTMINSTER ABBEY . 141 .
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