London and Middlesex: Or, An Historical, Commercial, & Descriptive Survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain: Including Sketches of Its Environs, and a Topographical Account of the Most Remarkable Places in the Above County, Volume 3, Issue 2W. Wilson, 1815 - London (England) |
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Page 23
... seats of others of the Westminster scholars , who , during divine service wear surplices . Almost under the organ , by a descent of three steps , we find a door on each side in the wainscot , with niches in the sides , and quatrefoils ...
... seats of others of the Westminster scholars , who , during divine service wear surplices . Almost under the organ , by a descent of three steps , we find a door on each side in the wainscot , with niches in the sides , and quatrefoils ...
Page 40
... seat or basement extends entirely round the church ; and on it are placed small slender pillars dividing every space , forming a beautiful continuation of arches , variously ornamented by figures on the mouldings . They reach in height ...
... seat or basement extends entirely round the church ; and on it are placed small slender pillars dividing every space , forming a beautiful continuation of arches , variously ornamented by figures on the mouldings . They reach in height ...
Page 52
... seat , upon a small pedes- tal on one side of a larger , gives an uneasy air to the statue , which is upon the whole not quite what one might have expected from Bacon . There is a happy thought expressed in a relief , of two sea ...
... seat , upon a small pedes- tal on one side of a larger , gives an uneasy air to the statue , which is upon the whole not quite what one might have expected from Bacon . There is a happy thought expressed in a relief , of two sea ...
Page 57
... seat by her husband , who is supposed to be in the realms of bliss on a mass of clouds . The artist seems to have forgot that dis- tance cannot well be expressed on marble , and that by attempting it , the Earl appears a boy to his ...
... seat by her husband , who is supposed to be in the realms of bliss on a mass of clouds . The artist seems to have forgot that dis- tance cannot well be expressed on marble , and that by attempting it , the Earl appears a boy to his ...
Page 78
... seat is on the right side of the nave , at the west end ; the Knights are seated on the upper ranges , and the ... seats are fixed to the wall by hinges ; when they are down , nothing is to be seen ; upon turning them back , we find ...
... seat is on the right side of the nave , at the west end ; the Knights are seated on the upper ranges , and the ... seats are fixed to the wall by hinges ; when they are down , nothing is to be seen ; upon turning them back , we find ...
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