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... grave of old Aedbert , an honourable memorial of his fate . He had been overtaken by the Danes and cruelly martyred for the faith , shortly after his departure from Letherton . His mangled body was brought by a few faithful followers to ...
... grave of old Aedbert , an honourable memorial of his fate . He had been overtaken by the Danes and cruelly martyred for the faith , shortly after his departure from Letherton . His mangled body was brought by a few faithful followers to ...
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... graves of the departed . They were still one in the communion of Spirits . And now a costly and most precious reliquary , or portable shrine , was drawn from beneath the high altar , and reverently and breathlessly open- ed . It was a ...
... graves of the departed . They were still one in the communion of Spirits . And now a costly and most precious reliquary , or portable shrine , was drawn from beneath the high altar , and reverently and breathlessly open- ed . It was a ...
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... Baptist ; while on the right and the left was the resurrection of the just and the unjust . All the people of the earth , kings , bishops , priests , D knights , were rising from the grave ; naked , THE NEW CHURCH . 33.
... Baptist ; while on the right and the left was the resurrection of the just and the unjust . All the people of the earth , kings , bishops , priests , D knights , were rising from the grave ; naked , THE NEW CHURCH . 33.
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... grave ; naked , for they brought nothing into this world ; and each with his badge of dignity , shewing that all must one day there appear . Opposite the south door- way was S. Christopher , a giant eight feet high , bearing the infant ...
... grave ; naked , for they brought nothing into this world ; and each with his badge of dignity , shewing that all must one day there appear . Opposite the south door- way was S. Christopher , a giant eight feet high , bearing the infant ...
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... look now at the half- built church , now at the old grey cross , now at the lowly graves , till her eyes filled with tears . Some people said that she was distraught ; others that she had been deceived : some that a gay THE CASTLE . 43.
... look now at the half- built church , now at the old grey cross , now at the lowly graves , till her eyes filled with tears . Some people said that she was distraught ; others that she had been deceived : some that a gay THE CASTLE . 43.
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Abbat abbey adorned aisles Alban Butler ancient architect arms beautiful Bishop blessed body brass BRITISH BIRDS building Cambridge Camden Society canopy Carter carved castle Cathedral chancel chancel arch chasuble churchyard coloured Comparative Anatomy cross Decorated door EDWARD NEWMAN effigy Engravings erected Etheldreda Ewerby faith feeling feet foliage Francis Gothic grave Grecian ground hagioscope hand head holy hundred Illustrations JOHN VAN VOORST Lady lancet Letherton lordshyp marble ment miracles Miss Merton modern monastery monument mouldings nave once open seats ornaments painted parish church parishioners PATERNOSTER ROW pavement perhaps piscina plaister Popery prayer present priest Protestantism pues pulpit Rector Reformation relics remained roof Royal 8vo Saint Saxon screen sedilia seemed seen shew side Sir Aubrey slab spandrils Squire stained glass stained windows stood style tion tomb tower Vesica Piscis village VOORST walls Wardley Wilkinson WILLIAM YARRELL wood wooden
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