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... Church - The " Grille " Removed - Gray's Grave— The Church from the South - west - The wooden Spire CHAPTER VIII . Burnham Beeches : The Drive from Stoke Poges Church - Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Grote " History Hut " The ...
... Church - The " Grille " Removed - Gray's Grave— The Church from the South - west - The wooden Spire CHAPTER VIII . Burnham Beeches : The Drive from Stoke Poges Church - Richard Brinsley Sheridan and George Grote " History Hut " The ...
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... church . He was asked who preached , and answered , " I don't know , but I will show you " ; and taking a pen out of my hand , in a minute he sketched the head and bust of the preacher . " Why , " said I , " that is Mr. " ( I knew so ...
... church . He was asked who preached , and answered , " I don't know , but I will show you " ; and taking a pen out of my hand , in a minute he sketched the head and bust of the preacher . " Why , " said I , " that is Mr. " ( I knew so ...
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... Church , in the pretty little north chapel built by him at the time when , a few years before his death , he , at his own cost , had restored the church . In that chapel he placed an exquisite white marble statue by Baily , R.A. , of a ...
... Church , in the pretty little north chapel built by him at the time when , a few years before his death , he , at his own cost , had restored the church . In that chapel he placed an exquisite white marble statue by Baily , R.A. , of a ...
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... church , and anything that was sufficiently artistic in effect for my purpose . One day I essayed to take my uncle's portrait . It was to be done out of doors , he sitting in his garden chair . I warned him that he would have to remain ...
... church , and anything that was sufficiently artistic in effect for my purpose . One day I essayed to take my uncle's portrait . It was to be done out of doors , he sitting in his garden chair . I warned him that he would have to remain ...
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... church at Sudbury is within the grounds of the Hall , and is a good example of its period . The Queen , hearing that I was going to Lord Vernon's , commissioned me to obtain a negative of the east window of the church , which her ...
... church at Sudbury is within the grounds of the Hall , and is a good example of its period . The Queen , hearing that I was going to Lord Vernon's , commissioned me to obtain a negative of the east window of the church , which her ...
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