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... received from one who loved the Abbey so well , and whose name will ever be associated with it , Dean Stanley . His work , however , is mainly historical , and on this side leaves nothing to be desired . On the technical side , and from ...
... received from one who loved the Abbey so well , and whose name will ever be associated with it , Dean Stanley . His work , however , is mainly historical , and on this side leaves nothing to be desired . On the technical side , and from ...
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... received 50l . only ; twenty years earlier Stone had erected the beautiful monu- ment with recumbent statues of Sir George Villiers and his wife , 1605 , for which he received 560l . , and five years after the Holles statue he erected ...
... received 50l . only ; twenty years earlier Stone had erected the beautiful monu- ment with recumbent statues of Sir George Villiers and his wife , 1605 , for which he received 560l . , and five years after the Holles statue he erected ...
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... received a hundred and twenty guineas each , and which were executed for him by some inferior artist for twenty - four guineas each , and he also sold six hundred casts at six pounds apiece . Probably the worst of all the sculptors of ...
... received a hundred and twenty guineas each , and which were executed for him by some inferior artist for twenty - four guineas each , and he also sold six hundred casts at six pounds apiece . Probably the worst of all the sculptors of ...
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... received little support from his own side . Of his speaking it has been said that if it had been a little better it would have been quite first - rate . He never prepared a speech , and he hesitated a good deal except when under the ...
... received little support from his own side . Of his speaking it has been said that if it had been a little better it would have been quite first - rate . He never prepared a speech , and he hesitated a good deal except when under the ...
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... received according to the measure of the receiver , and every man loves more or lesse spiritu- ally or sensually , as he doth more approach to the angelicall or bestiall nature ; for the same degrees and differences that are in our ...
... received according to the measure of the receiver , and every man loves more or lesse spiritu- ally or sensually , as he doth more approach to the angelicall or bestiall nature ; for the same degrees and differences that are in our ...
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Page 345 - And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 341 - God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands ; neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life and breath and all things...
Page 772 - Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things And battles long ago; Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of today Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again?
Page 413 - But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.
Page 834 - He makes the figs our mouths to meet And throws the melons at our feet; But apples plants of such a price, No tree could ever bear them twice.
Page 667 - Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be : Why then should we desire to be deceived?
Page 147 - From the nations' airy navies grappling in the central blue ; Far along the world-wide whisper of the south-wind rushing warm, With the standards of the peoples plunging thro...
Page 12 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed.
Page 345 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 670 - For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them shall return : a consumption is determined, overflowing with righteousness.