Chronicles of the Tombs: A Select Collection of Epitaphs, Preceded by an Essay on Epitaphs and Other Monumental Inscriptions, with Incidental Observations on Sepulchral AntiquitiesH.G. Bohn, 1857 - 529 pages |
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... beneath the text . Humboldt's analytical summaries , and the passages hitherto suppressed , are included ; and comprehensive Indices subjoined . 3s . 6d . per Volume . 5. STAUNTON'S CHESS PLAYER'S COMPANION , comprising a New Treatise ...
... beneath the text . Humboldt's analytical summaries , and the passages hitherto suppressed , are included ; and comprehensive Indices subjoined . 3s . 6d . per Volume . 5. STAUNTON'S CHESS PLAYER'S COMPANION , comprising a New Treatise ...
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... Beneath this stone Bede's mortal body lies ; God grant his soul may rest amid the skies . May he drink deeply , in the realms above , Of wisdom's fount , which he on earth did love . The manner in which epitaphs have been inscribed is ...
... Beneath this stone Bede's mortal body lies ; God grant his soul may rest amid the skies . May he drink deeply , in the realms above , Of wisdom's fount , which he on earth did love . The manner in which epitaphs have been inscribed is ...
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... beneath , in Runic letters , we read the female name HIL- DITHRYTH . No. 3 presents a somewhat similar arrangement , with another female name , HILDDIGYTH , also in Runic letters . No. 4 has a similar cross , but the inscription is in ...
... beneath , in Runic letters , we read the female name HIL- DITHRYTH . No. 3 presents a somewhat similar arrangement , with another female name , HILDDIGYTH , also in Runic letters . No. 4 has a similar cross , but the inscription is in ...
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... beneath them seven children , with the following inscrip- tion : Her ' lyth John Ffrankeleyn and Margarete hys wyff , which ordeyned 1 leystowe to this Chirche , and divine service to be doone every holyday in the yer ' . A. M ...
... beneath them seven children , with the following inscrip- tion : Her ' lyth John Ffrankeleyn and Margarete hys wyff , which ordeyned 1 leystowe to this Chirche , and divine service to be doone every holyday in the yer ' . A. M ...
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... beneath a shrouded figure : - Here Iyeth burped under thys stone the bodye of Kate = ryne Incent sumtyme the wyf of Robert Incent gent ' father and mother unto John Încent docto ' of ye lawe , who hath done many benefyt and ornament ...
... beneath a shrouded figure : - Here Iyeth burped under thys stone the bodye of Kate = ryne Incent sumtyme the wyf of Robert Incent gent ' father and mother unto John Încent docto ' of ye lawe , who hath done many benefyt and ornament ...
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