Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1891 - 119 Seiten |
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... . Westminster Abbey is in the form of a Latin cross ; it is 511 feet long by 203 wide across the transepts . For the word abbey see p . 8 , line 155 . 8 I entered from the inner court of Westminster School , WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
... . Westminster Abbey is in the form of a Latin cross ; it is 511 feet long by 203 wide across the transepts . For the word abbey see p . 8 , line 155 . 8 I entered from the inner court of Westminster School , WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
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... cross aisles of the abbey . The monuments are generally simple , for the lives of literary men afford no striking themes for the sculptor . Shakespeare and Addison have statues erected to their memories ; but the greater 90 part have ...
... cross aisles of the abbey . The monuments are generally simple , for the lives of literary men afford no striking themes for the sculptor . Shakespeare and Addison have statues erected to their memories ; but the greater 90 part have ...
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... cross - shaped crutch , from Lat . crux , cross . ) Mitre , an ornament for the head worn by the pope and cardinals , also by Protestant archbishops and bishops on sol- emn occasions ; a kind of Episcopal crown , resembling a cap ...
... cross - shaped crutch , from Lat . crux , cross . ) Mitre , an ornament for the head worn by the pope and cardinals , also by Protestant archbishops and bishops on sol- emn occasions ; a kind of Episcopal crown , resembling a cap ...
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... cross of red stuff attached to the right shoulder was the badge of the com- batants . Sometimes the color of the cross served to designate the nationality of the soldier ; as , the white cross on a red ground indicated France ; a red cross ...
... cross of red stuff attached to the right shoulder was the badge of the com- batants . Sometimes the color of the cross served to designate the nationality of the soldier ; as , the white cross on a red ground indicated France ; a red cross ...
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... , recesses in walls for statues , vases , and other upright ornaments . 208. Fretted roof ( Old Fr. fréter , to cross , interlace ) , a roof ornamentea 205 Along the sides of the chapel are the lofty stalls WESTMINSTER ABBEY . 19.
... , recesses in walls for statues , vases , and other upright ornaments . 208. Fretted roof ( Old Fr. fréter , to cross , interlace ) , a roof ornamentea 205 Along the sides of the chapel are the lofty stalls WESTMINSTER ABBEY . 19.
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