The Sonning parish magazine1869 |
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... look down from this eminence on the high square pews , having the appearance of cattle pens , which filled the Church . In the next place , another gallery , erected at the end of the last century ( A.D. 1791 ) , stretched along the ...
... look down from this eminence on the high square pews , having the appearance of cattle pens , which filled the Church . In the next place , another gallery , erected at the end of the last century ( A.D. 1791 ) , stretched along the ...
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... look more divinely beautiful than as we saw it that September night about ten o'clock , the sky was perfectly serene , and the mighty mass of the Cathedral looked indescribably solemn in the moonlight , the recessed parts in deep ...
... look more divinely beautiful than as we saw it that September night about ten o'clock , the sky was perfectly serene , and the mighty mass of the Cathedral looked indescribably solemn in the moonlight , the recessed parts in deep ...
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... look like stone is the worst of all things , and no builder of the middle ages would ever have tolerated so ... Look at the different sizes of the bays on each side of the The arches next to the Chancel on both sides are not only larger ...
... look like stone is the worst of all things , and no builder of the middle ages would ever have tolerated so ... Look at the different sizes of the bays on each side of the The arches next to the Chancel on both sides are not only larger ...
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... look of the debased windows . There was really nothing to be said against them , except that they were unworthy of the Church , and the windows in the South Aisle put them to shame . After much deliberation , they were all doomed . It ...
... look of the debased windows . There was really nothing to be said against them , except that they were unworthy of the Church , and the windows in the South Aisle put them to shame . After much deliberation , they were all doomed . It ...
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... looks down upon you with an overpowering solemnity and grandeur , for there are five deep and sculptured arched portals approached by a broad flight of steps , and there are two massive towers . The peculiar feature of the Cathedral is ...
... looks down upon you with an overpowering solemnity and grandeur , for there are five deep and sculptured arched portals approached by a broad flight of steps , and there are two massive towers . The peculiar feature of the Cathedral is ...
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Page 3 - Can I see another's woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow's share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow fill'd? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, an infant fear? No, no! never can it be!
Page 5 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave To come to succour us, that succour want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies, like flying pursuivant Against foul fiends, to aid us militant? They for us fight, they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant, And all for love and nothing for reward, O why should heavenly God to men have such regard *." This agrees with what is recorded of St.
Page 3 - No, no! never can it be! Never, never can it be! And can he who smiles on all Hear the wren with sorrows small, Hear the small bird's grief...
Page 18 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 5 - O the exceeding grace Of highest God that loves his creatures so, And all his works with mercy doth embrace, That blessed Angels he sends to and fro To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe. How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ; How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul friends to aid us militant.
Page 5 - How oft do they their silver bowers leave, To come to succour us that succour want ! How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies like flying pursuivant, Against foul fiends to aid us militant ! They for us fight ; they watch and duly ward, And their bright squadrons round about us plant ; And all for love and nothing for reward : Oh why should heavenly God to men have such regard) THE SEASONS.