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... wooden church in a remote part of Lincolnshire had been disturbed and overthrown . Their lives , and the sacred relics of their plundered altar , were all that had escaped the spoilers ' violence ; and happy in the possession of these ...
... wooden church in a remote part of Lincolnshire had been disturbed and overthrown . Their lives , and the sacred relics of their plundered altar , were all that had escaped the spoilers ' violence ; and happy in the possession of these ...
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... wooden stools placed apart in one corner , encumbered the area of the nave ; but a low stone bench ran round three sides of the wall , leaving in the middle a clear level surface of beaten clay , indurated by an admixture of lime , and ...
... wooden stools placed apart in one corner , encumbered the area of the nave ; but a low stone bench ran round three sides of the wall , leaving in the middle a clear level surface of beaten clay , indurated by an admixture of lime , and ...
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... wooden altar , which stood in a semicircular apse , was erected over the 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 ...
... wooden altar , which stood in a semicircular apse , was erected over the 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 ...
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... wooden spires , covered with leaden plates , glistened in the pale light , and reflected back the beam as it played and lingered on the hallowed walls . The great bell Gabriel , brought from over the seas by a benefactor of the abbey ...
... wooden spires , covered with leaden plates , glistened in the pale light , and reflected back the beam as it played and lingered on the hallowed walls . The great bell Gabriel , brought from over the seas by a benefactor of the abbey ...
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... wooden frames , elaborately decorated with arcades and carved foliage , extended along each side with- in the range of the piers ; a more elevated throne being erected for the Abbat towards the east end . Five stone sedilia , of rich ...
... wooden frames , elaborately decorated with arcades and carved foliage , extended along each side with- in the range of the piers ; a more elevated throne being erected for the Abbat towards the east end . Five stone sedilia , of rich ...
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Page 189 - Every of these attendith to hys own office : x of them hewed the walles abowte, amonge the whych ther were 3 carpentars : thiese made proctes to undersette wher the other cutte away, thother brake and cutte the waules.