IN the beginning of the new Works of St. Paul's, an Incident was taken notice of by some People as a memorable Omen, when the Surveyor in Person had set out, upon the Place, the Dimensions of the great Dome, and fixed upon the Centre ; a. common Labourer... Letters from Europe - Seite 299von John Wien Forney - 1867 - 406 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Freemasons - 1767 - 466 Seiten
...common Labdurer was ordered to bring a flat Stone from the Heaps of RiArbifh, (fuch as mould firft come to Hand) to be laid for a Mark and Direction...which was immediately brought and laid down for that Purpofe, happened to be a Piece of a Grave-ftone, with nothing remaining of the In^ fcription but this... | |
| Charles Heath - 1806 - 900 Seiten
...Christopher Wren had marked out the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish, to be laid for a direction to the workmen. It happened to be a piece of a grave-stone, with nothing... | |
| 1814 - 1004 Seiten
...set out upon the place the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of...laid for a mark and direction to the masons : the •tone,' which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, liappened to be a piece of... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 932 Seiten
...set out upon the place the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of...should first come to hand) to be laid for a mark and direcliou to the masons: the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened... | |
| 1821 - 488 Seiten
...out, upon the place, the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of...down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a grave stone, with nothing remaining of the inscription but this simple word in large capitals— RESURG... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 Seiten
...out, upon the place, the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of...come to hand) to be laid for a mark and direction to th« masons ; the stone, which was immediately brought and lairl'd'own for" that purpose, happened... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 400 Seiten
...the place the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was desired to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish, such...down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a grave stone, with nothing remaining of the inscription but this single word, in large capitals, RESURGAM."... | |
| 1831 - 444 Seiten
...рЬсе the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was desired to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish, such...stone, which was immediately brought and laid down foi thatpnrpo.se, happened to be a piece of a grave-stone, «¡Hi nothiiiu remaining of the inscription... | |
| Thomas Allen - 1839 - 856 Seiten
...set out upon the place the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of...rubbish (such as should first come to hand) to be laid fur a mark and direction to the masons : the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for... | |
| 1884 - 672 Seiten
...Christopher Wren had marked out the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon the centre, a labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish, to be laid for a direction ,for the workmen. It happened to be a piece of a gravestone, with nothing... | |
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