 | 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 to the MASONS ; the Stone which was immediately brought and laid down for that Purpofe, happened to be a Piece of a Grave-ftone,... | |
 | Charles Heath - 1806 - 900 Seiten
...expected. t A very curious anecdote is related upon this subject. When Sir 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... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1814 - 924 Seiten
...Surveyor, in person, had set out upon (lie place the dimensions of the great dome, and fixed upon tlie centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat...be laid for a mark and direction to the masons: the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a grave-stone,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - 1814 - 936 Seiten
...commencement of the work, and was regarded as a " memorable omen," is thus noticed in the Parentalia: "When the Surveyor, in person, had set out upon the place the dimensions of tin- great dome, and fined upon the centre, a common labourer was ordered to bring a flat stone from... | |
 | 1821 - 770 Seiten
...St. Paul's, an incident was taken notice of by some people as a memorable omen, when Sir Christopher in person had set out, upon the place, the dimensions...be laid for a mark and direction to the masons; the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a gravestone,... | |
 | 1821 - 772 Seiten
...St. Paul's, an incident was taken notice of by some people as a memorable omen, when Sir Christopher in person had set out, upon the place, the dimensions...laid for a mark and direction to the masons ; the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a gravestone,... | |
 | 1821 - 488 Seiten
...?t. Paul's, an incident was taken notice of by some people as a memorable omen, when Sir Christopher in person had set out, upon the place, the dimensions...laid for a mark and direction to the masons ; the stone, which was immediately brought and laid down for that purpose, happened to be a piece of a grave... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1821 - 764 Seiten
...St. Paul's, an incident was taken notice of by some people as a memorable omen, when Sir Christopher in person had set out, upon the place, the dimensions...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 - 1830 - 418 Seiten
...St. Paul's," says his son, " an accident •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 jdome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was desired to bring a flat stone from the heaps... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 400 Seiten
...of St. Paul's," says his son, " an accident was taken notice of by some people as a memorable omen. When the surveyor in person had set out upon the place...dome, and fixed upon the centre, a common labourer was desired to bring a flat stone from the heaps of rubbish, such as should first come to hand, to be laid... | |
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Paul's," writes Sir Christopher Wren, in the ' Parentalia,' " we are told 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... 
