The architectural antiquities of Great Britain, المجلد 3

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الصفحة 51 - Seemed all on fire that chapel proud, Where Roslin's chiefs uncoffin'd lie ; Each baron, for a sable shroud, Sheathed in his iron panoply. Seemed all on fire -within, around, Deep sacristy and altar's pale ; Shone every pillar, foliage bound,* And
الصفحة 51 - Blazed battlement, and pinnet high, Blazed every rose.carved buttress fair— So still they blaze, when fate is nigh The lordly line of high St. Glair.
الصفحة 24 - By my faith, my lord, I thank you for your good cheer ; but I may not have my laws broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you ;
الصفحة 46 - combines the solidity of the Norman with the minute decoration of the latest species of the Tudor age. It is impossible to designate the architecture of this building by any given, or familiar term : for the variety and eccentricity of
الصفحة 86 - the couple, who were to be married, to be placed at the church door, where the priest used to join their hands, and perform the greatest part of the matrimonial office ; it was here that the husband endowed his wife with the portion or dowry contracted for ; which was therefore called
الصفحة 24 - cheer ; but I may not have my laws broken in my sight ; my attorney must speak with you ;
الصفحة 46 - St. George, and Henry the Seventh, are all conformable to the styles of the respective ages when they were erected : and these styles display a gradual advancement in lightness and profusion of ornament: but the chapel at
الصفحة 30 - liberties as without, so many masons and other artificers, as were necessary, and to convey them to Windsor, to work at the King's pay, but to arrest, and imprison such as should disobey, or refuse, until the King took other order; with a command to all sheriffs, mayors, bailiffs, &c. to be assisting to him on the King's behalf.
الصفحة 36 - The fitting up, and decorations of the stalls, &c. in the choir, were chiefly accomplished during Henry the Eighth's reign ; and it is conjectured that the whole masonry of the edifice, with the roof, side chapels, and interior embellishments were left either wholly or nearly finished at the time of that monarch's decease.
الصفحة 22 - he played so good a part that the abbot exclaimed, " Well fare thy heart, and here's a cup of sack to the health of thy master. I would give a hundred pounds could I feed so heartily on beef as thou dost, but my poor queasy stomach can hardly digest the breast of a chicken.

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