An essay towards a history of Hexham |
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Page 74 - Showed many a prophet, and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed ; Full in the midst, his Cross of Red Triumphant Michael barndished, And trampled the Apostate's pride. The moon-beam kissed the holy pane, And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.
Page 212 - To-morrow is the day — love his memory — let his friends join with you in prayer — 'tis no misfortune to die prepared — let's love our enemies and pray for them. Let my sons be men like me — let my daughters be virtuous women like you. My blessing to them all — my kind love to Fanny, that other tender mother of my dear children.
Page 118 - ... Normandy and weavers of Flanders, with a little courage and good fortune, soon became in England great men, illustrious barons; and their names, base or obscure on one side of the Channel, were noble and glorious on the other.
Page 142 - ... colours, and of most ingenious device. The body of the church was everywhere surrounded with aisles and porches, which by incommunicable art were distinguished with walls and spires above and below. Various and most curious galleries leading backwards and forwards artfully communicated with every part of the building. In these spires and galleries innumerable multitudes might stand around the body of the church, and yet remain unseen by those within. Oratories, as secret as they were beautiful,...
Page 146 - No noise arises from her squares or streets, no roads lead to her gates from the east or from the west ; from the north or from the south, except a few paths winding among the rocks, on which you meet half-naked Arabs, some camel-drivers from Damascus...
Page 74 - Hexham, says of the window which he saw in the year 1823, that it "is singular in this, that it is, or appears to be, broader at the spring of the arch than at the base of the columns. It is likewise distinguished by that ornament commonly called the witches
Page 128 - Hexham,' expresses the opinion that, ' it was intended to represent an officer of justice, with his staff and plume, his feet bared and manacled, to show that within the bounds of sanctuary he dared not move towards his design and that there his authority availed him not.
Page 209 - Oswald's stands on a bold situation, above Chollerford bridge. In a field near it sculls of men and hilts of swords have been frequently ploughed up.
Page 67 - ... which the gallery is continued beneath a long range of pointed windows. With this the south end corresponds, excepting that the place of the gallery is supplied by a huge balcony, and a heavy flight of steps connected with the spiral stairs, that lead to the gallery of the choir, to the belfry, and S the battlements of the tower. Beneath this balcony is the cemetery of the Blackett family.
Page 84 - On the left side of this division is a cross fleury without a shield, border, or any ornament. The inscription is between two small crosses in one line along the opposite side of the division, and announces simply...