Handbook to the Cathedrals of England: Southern Division : with Illustrations, Parte 1

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John Murray, 1876 - 790 páginas
 

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Página 300 - To thee, all Angels cry aloud; the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee, Cherubim and Seraphim continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Sabaoth; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of thy Glory.
Página 245 - In the multitude of the sorrows that I had in my heart : thy comforts have refreshed my soul.
Página 20 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 300 - Lord, save thy people, and bless thine heritage. Govern them and lift them up for ever. Day by day we magnify thee, and we worship thy name ever world without end.
Página 76 - ... courts, more especially while secular men are sufficient to do such offices." In another passage there is a bitter and manifest allusion to Wykeham: — "Benefices, instead of being bestowed on poor clerks, are heaped on a kitchen clerk, or one wise in building castles, or in worldly business."*1 Wycliffe's position in Oxford was not lowered by his expulsion from the Wardenship of Canterbury wyniir
Página 28 - Alas ! he's gone before, Gone to return no more. Our panting breasts aspire After their aged sire ; Whose well-spent life did last Full ninety years and past. But now he hath begun That, which will ne'er be done. Crown'd with eternal bliss, We wish our souls with his.
Página 53 - Ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit, cum splenduerit in vitro color eius. Ingreditur blande, sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber, et sicut regulus venena diffundet.
Página 165 - in God's name descend into the level. There are rich champaigns and fertile valleys, abounding in the fruits of the earth, and profusely watered by living streams. There is a seat for the Virgin patroness of our Church to which the whole world cannot produce a parallel'.
Página 144 - On the left hand are, — in the first niche, Fides trampling on Infidelitas ; in the second, a Virtue covers a Vice with her cloak. The Vice embraces her knees with one hand, and stabs her with a sword held in the other. " This incident is taken from Prudentius. Discord by stealth wounda Concord ; she is taken and killed by Faith, which latter incident may be represented in the next compartment.
Página 300 - The glorious company of the Apostles, The goodly fellowship of the Prophets, The noble army of Martyrs praise thee.

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