A Walk Through Leicester: Being a Guide to Strangers: Containing a Description of the Town and Its Environs, with Remarks Upon Its History and Antiquities ....T. Combe, 1820 - 100 pagini |
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... tower, whose pinnacles and trefoil-work, with the niche, or tabernacle, on the corner of the south wall of the church, would have ever shown it, had not its date been confirmed by Bishop Alnwicke's register, 1444, to have been the work ...
... tower, whose pinnacles and trefoil-work, with the niche, or tabernacle, on the corner of the south wall of the church, would have ever shown it, had not its date been confirmed by Bishop Alnwicke's register, 1444, to have been the work ...
Pagina 30
... tower ; but nothing in its architecture attracts regard. This vicarage, with ' that of St. Peter's, which was annexed to it in the reign of Elizabeth, includes the ancient parish of St. Michael, and part, if not the whole, of that of St ...
... tower ; but nothing in its architecture attracts regard. This vicarage, with ' that of St. Peter's, which was annexed to it in the reign of Elizabeth, includes the ancient parish of St. Michael, and part, if not the whole, of that of St ...
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... towers of that gate-way through which Wolsey entered in melancholy degradation, and through which other great, more prosperous, and often royal visitors, were admitted with their stately trains. This gateway has 'been preserved by the ...
... towers of that gate-way through which Wolsey entered in melancholy degradation, and through which other great, more prosperous, and often royal visitors, were admitted with their stately trains. This gateway has 'been preserved by the ...
Pagina 51
... towers, was laid on in a fusile state ; that delicate command of skill which could prevent the shades from liquefying into each other, and arrest every touch in its assigned place, so as to produce the effects of the most finished oil ...
... towers, was laid on in a fusile state ; that delicate command of skill which could prevent the shades from liquefying into each other, and arrest every touch in its assigned place, so as to produce the effects of the most finished oil ...
Pagina 54
... tower is also Saxon ; and the spire having been damaged by the wind, is now taken down. The area, eastward of the church-yard, is called Holy Bones ; bones of oxen having been there dug up in sufficient numbers to induce the belief that ...
... tower is also Saxon ; and the spire having been damaged by the wind, is now taken down. The area, eastward of the church-yard, is called Holy Bones ; bones of oxen having been there dug up in sufficient numbers to induce the belief that ...
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A Walk Through Leicester: Being a Guide to Strangers, Containing a ... Susanna Watts Vizualizare completă - 1804 |
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Abbey Meadow adjoining affords aisle ancient arches arms Augustine baron Beaumont Leys Belgrave Bellomont belonging Black Friars Blanchmains Bow Bridge Bradgate Park buildings built called Castle cester chapel charter cherry orchard Corporation curious Danett's Hall distance dukes of Lancaster earl of Lancaster earl of Leicester edifices elegant enclose erected Ferror Fitz-Parnel formed formerly Fountains Abbey gate gateway gothic Grentemaisnells handsome Henry the Second honor of Leicester Hospital inhabitants island Jewry Wall John Alsay king Knightcote lament late lead Leicester Castle Leicestershire Martin's Mary's massy Mayor miles monastery monks Narborough nearly neighbourhood Newark ornament Parliament pass through Leicester picture plot of ground present privilege purpose reign of Henry Rialto Bridge Richard the Third river road Robert rude ruins scene scite Soar spacious spot stone street Thomas Gamfrey towers traces now remain Via Devana visitor walls West Bridge William William Goldsmith yards
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Pagina 20 - He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Pagina 36 - So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight, (which he himself Foretold should be his last,) full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed part to Heaven...
Pagina 49 - Chancel, so called from its containing the monuments of that antient family. of the south broad aisle, were also destroyed; the sculptured figures that adorned the pulpit, the tabernacles, and brazen eagles demolished, and, as the parochial records testify, 2od. was paid for " cutting the images heads, and taking down the angels ..wings.
Pagina 33 - First, have only a rose with a legend of the king's : iiune, that of the moneyer, and Leicester ; from Etheldred the Second, they bear the impress of the royal head and sceptre, with the same stile of legend unchanged. In this series of Leicester coins, which has been engraved with accurate attention in the valuable work of Mr. Nichols, the triangular helmets, uncouth diadems, and rudely expressed countenances of our Saxon sovereigns, exhibit, when opposed to a plate of Roman coinage, a striking...
Pagina 43 - Rome, and from thence to Jerusalem, it will be found that the great chain of communication, from the north-west to the south-east point of the empire, was drawn out to the length of four thousand and eighty Roman miles.
Pagina 46 - I nearly its present state, and though the antiquary may in the eagerness of his curiosity lament that so little of it now remains, yet he must surely rejoice in his reflecting moments that such structures are not now necessary for the defence of the kingdom, and that the fortunes of the noblemen are now spent in a way calculated to encourage the arts and promote industry, rather than in maintaining in these castles a set of idle retainers, ever ready to assist them in disturbing the peace of the...
Pagina 33 - Roman town ; these, unfortunately, upon being found at different periods, have passed into various hands, and although some few gentlemen here have made collections, yet it is to be regretted that by far the greater part of the coins have been taken from the town. Had those found in the last century been thrown together into one cabinet, Leicester might have exhibited at this time a respectable series of Roman coinage, both in brass and silver, from the emperor Nero, down to Valens. Leaving those...
Pagina 49 - ... hardships of feudal service; to have the right of disposing both of person and property, and to be governed by laws intended to promote the general good, and not to gratify the ambition and avarice of individuals.
Pagina 15 - The inside of the church is handsome ; the nave and side aisles are supported by gothic arches, whose beauty and symmetry are not concealed by aukward galleries. The organ was erected by the parishioners in 1773. Several elegant modern monuments adorn the walls, and in the north aisle is the alabaster tomb of Bishop Penny, many years abbot of the neighbouring monastery of St. Mary de Pratis. In the church-yard the military trophies of a black tomb commemorate Andrew Lord Rollo. This nobleman was...
Pagina 49 - These laws, however rude and imperfect, 1 afford security to property, and encourage men to habits of industry. Thus commerce, with every ornamental and useful art, began first in corporate bodies, to animate society. But in those dark ages, force was necessary to defend the claims of industry ; and such a force these municipal societies possessed ; for their towns were not only defended by walls and gates vigilantly guarded by the citizens, but ofttimes at the head of their fellow freemen in arms,...