The sea-storiesJ. Wiley, 1873 - Architecture |
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Page 13
... manner , we can see little but the long central ridge and lateral slopes of roof , which the sunlight separates in one glowing mass from the green field beneath and grey moor beyond . There are no living creatures near the build- ings ...
... manner , we can see little but the long central ridge and lateral slopes of roof , which the sunlight separates in one glowing mass from the green field beneath and grey moor beyond . There are no living creatures near the build- ings ...
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... manner , and the nave is nearly twice their breadth.f The capitals of all the great shafts are of white marble , and are among the best I have ever seen , as examples of perfectly calculated effect from every touch of the chisel . Mr ...
... manner , and the nave is nearly twice their breadth.f The capitals of all the great shafts are of white marble , and are among the best I have ever seen , as examples of perfectly calculated effect from every touch of the chisel . Mr ...
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... manner of decorating a pulpit may have influence on the efficiency of its service , and whether our modern treatment of this , to us all - important , feature of a church be the best possible . § XIII . When the sermon is good we need ...
... manner of decorating a pulpit may have influence on the efficiency of its service , and whether our modern treatment of this , to us all - important , feature of a church be the best possible . § XIII . When the sermon is good we need ...
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... manner before beginning ; all this we shall duly come to expect : but we shall at the same time consider the treatise thus prepared as something to which it is our duty to listen without restlessness for half an hour or three quarters ...
... manner before beginning ; all this we shall duly come to expect : but we shall at the same time consider the treatise thus prepared as something to which it is our duty to listen without restlessness for half an hour or three quarters ...
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... manner of nets that look as if they could never be disentang'ed , hanging from their masts and over their sides ; and presently pass under a bridge with the lion of St. Mark on its archivolt , and another on a pillar at the end of the ...
... manner of nets that look as if they could never be disentang'ed , hanging from their masts and over their sides ; and presently pass under a bridge with the lion of St. Mark on its archivolt , and another on a pillar at the end of the ...
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Page 428 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Page 128 - I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Page 157 - The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers : they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about ; they have made thy beauty perfect.
Page 345 - Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness; covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 75 - their bluest veins to kiss" — the shadow, as it steals back from them, revealing line after line of azure undulation, as a receding tide leaves the waved sand ; their capitals rich with interwoven tracery, rooted knots of herbage, and drifting leaves of acanthus and vine, and mystical signs, all beginning and ending in the Cross; and above them, in the broad archivolts, a continuous chain of language and of...
Page 348 - And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
Page 76 - ... unemployed and listless, lie basking in the sun like lizards; and unregarded children, — every heavy glance of their young eyes full of desperation and stony depravity, and their throats hoarse with cursing, — gamble, and fight, and snarl, and sleep, hour after hour, clashing their bruised centesimi upon the marble ledges of the church porch. And the images of Christ and His angels look down upon it continually.
Page 72 - Here, at the fruiterer's, where the dark-green water-melons are heaped upon the counter like cannon balls, the Madonna has a tabernacle of fresh laurel leaves ; but the pewterer next door has let his lamp out, and there is nothing to be seen in his shop but the dull gleam of the studded patterns on the copper pans, hanging from his roof in the darkness. Next comes a " Vendita Frittole e Liquori...
Page 155 - Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel ; and say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar...
Page 179 - Alas! if read rightly, these perfectnesses are signs of a slavery in our England a thousand times more bitter and more degrading than that of the scourged African, or helot Greek.