The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County, Volume 13, Part 3Verner & Hood, 1815 - Architecture |
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... Society of Antiquaries that this renowned monarch , surnamed Longshanks , was interred in a stone coffin , enclosed in a tomb , in this chapel , and that he was enclosed with wax , and a sum of money allowed to preserve the tomb . The ...
... Society of Antiquaries that this renowned monarch , surnamed Longshanks , was interred in a stone coffin , enclosed in a tomb , in this chapel , and that he was enclosed with wax , and a sum of money allowed to preserve the tomb . The ...
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... Society of Antiquarians . Those cannot be approached now only through an aperture in the roof of not more than 18 inches diameter , These pictures are supposed to have been the work of Pietro Cavallini , an Italian artist of great merit ...
... Society of Antiquarians . Those cannot be approached now only through an aperture in the roof of not more than 18 inches diameter , These pictures are supposed to have been the work of Pietro Cavallini , an Italian artist of great merit ...
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... Society , of which he was the first president . He died suddenly , July 4 , 1673 , in the garden at Whitehall , and was buried at the king's expence . Under the pavement , near Dryden's tomb , lie the remains of Francis Beaumout , the ...
... Society , of which he was the first president . He died suddenly , July 4 , 1673 , in the garden at Whitehall , and was buried at the king's expence . Under the pavement , near Dryden's tomb , lie the remains of Francis Beaumout , the ...
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... Society of Antiquaries in 1750 , it was a most respectable and excellent building , erected on the south side literally in the Thames . This front contained several projections , and two rows • I have annexed a N View of this building ...
... Society of Antiquaries in 1750 , it was a most respectable and excellent building , erected on the south side literally in the Thames . This front contained several projections , and two rows • I have annexed a N View of this building ...
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... society.t It There are some curious papers relating to this Hospital in the " History of Hinckley , 1790 , " pp . 237-239 . apud Mal . Lond . The following lines , said to have been found stuck upon the figure of the Moor , the ...
... society.t It There are some curious papers relating to this Hospital in the " History of Hinckley , 1790 , " pp . 237-239 . apud Mal . Lond . The following lines , said to have been found stuck upon the figure of the Moor , the ...
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