Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its NeighbourhoodReligious Tract Society, sold at the depository, 56, Paternoster Row, and 65 St. Paul's Churchyard, 1846 - London (England) - 352 pages |
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Page 136
... sculptured implements of con- tention , the neighing war - horse , and the wreath of victory on the brow of the dying chieftain . Such would he be , and such the hatchment that he would desire to be erected over his mouldering bones ...
... sculptured implements of con- tention , the neighing war - horse , and the wreath of victory on the brow of the dying chieftain . Such would he be , and such the hatchment that he would desire to be erected over his mouldering bones ...
Page 144
... sculptured in the act of pushing back Time , who is hastening forward to pull down a pillar inscribed with military trophies , is finely executed ; but in a Christian temple we would rather wish to see the records of peace and ...
... sculptured in the act of pushing back Time , who is hastening forward to pull down a pillar inscribed with military trophies , is finely executed ; but in a Christian temple we would rather wish to see the records of peace and ...
Page 321
... sculptured stone arrest the eye , with a gigantic mound , canopied with a goodly cedar ; while Highgate new church , crowning the brow of the hill with its " heaven - directed spire , " stands above the upper verge of this place of ...
... sculptured stone arrest the eye , with a gigantic mound , canopied with a goodly cedar ; while Highgate new church , crowning the brow of the hill with its " heaven - directed spire , " stands above the upper verge of this place of ...
Contents
Old Humphreys City Gratifications | 1 |
The Tower of London | 11 |
St Pauls Cathedral | 27 |
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