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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original
book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not
illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...was repaired in the year
1605 by the gentry of the neighbourhood; and an incident like this
shows that, notwithstanding the sudden reception of a foreign
style, a real admiration of genuine English architecture was not by
any means extinct. One gentleman subscribed the sum of 30, a large
amount in those days for any such purpose. At the treaty with the
Scots in 1641, a gathering of two thousand people sang the 106th
Psalm at the cross. It was a curious circumstance that they should
select that place for this particular ceremony, as all crosses were
proclaimed idolatrous by their preachers. Already many grand old
monuments had been senselessly swept away; Abingdon Abbey was
destroyed a century before, as were many of its fellows; glorious
relics of architecture were heaps of stones, which from that day
even to this have served to build barns and granaries. Time has now
transformed many a demolished building into a pleasing ruin; then,
however, the breaches were recent, and the remains uncovered with
moss. But these things did not move them. The intolerant fury
against what were called superstitious edifices, which has
destroyed so many beautiful monuments of art both in England and
Scotland, decreed the destruction of Abingdon Cross, and it was
"sawn" down by Waller's army in 1644. Even Richard Symonds, an
officer in the Cromwellian army, paid a tribute to its beauty.
Coventry Cross was built, it is believed, after the same design as
Abingdon; and though the former is also destroyed, we are in
possession of abundant documents and drawings to show what it was
like. It is later in style than Waltham, and much more florid.
Perhaps, indeed, it cannot fairly, considering its date, be
compared with that incomparable work of art; but it...
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1875 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1883 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1879 Edition.
Title: Pleasant Spots around Oxford ... Illustrated.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and
documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also
included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of
trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and
the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Rimmer, Alfred; 1878 8
. 10369.t.4.
Title: Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England ... Introduction
by ... J. S. Howson ... With ... illustrations, etc.Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the
world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items
in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers,
sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection includes works chronicling the development of Western
civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development
of language, political and educational systems, philosophy,
science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil
war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central
Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations,
and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Rimmer, Alfred; Howson, John Saul; 1877. 8 . 10349.dd.18.
Title: Rambles round Rugby ... With an introductory chapter by ...
W. H. Payne Smith ... With ... illustrations by the author.
L.P.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF
BRITAIN & IRELAND collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. As well as historical works, this
collection includes geographies, travelogues, and titles covering
periods of competition and cooperation among the people of Great
Britain and Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations
with France, Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia.
++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:
++++ British Library Rimmer, Alfred; Smith, William Henry Payne;
1892. xxiii. 270 p.; 8 . 10360.h.26.
Title: Chester as it was. With illustrations.]Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
collection includes books from the British Library digitised by
Microsoft. As well as historical works, this collection includes
geographies, travelogues, and titles covering periods of
competition and cooperation among the people of Great Britain and
Ireland. Works also explore the countries' relations with France,
Germany, the Low Countries, Denmark, and Scandinavia. ++++The below
data was compiled from various identification fields in the
bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an
additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++
British Library Howson, John Saul; Rimmer, Alfred; 1871]. 4 .
10358.i.1.
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