Chilcott's descriptive history of Bristol1840 - 80 pages |
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afterwards aisle ALMS HOUSE altar ancient appears arch arms Augustine's Avon Bath beautiful Bedminster Berkeley Bishop boys Brandon Hill Bridge BRISTOL AUXILIARY Bristol Bridge Bristol Castle Bristol Channel Bristol riots building built called Canynges castle Cathedral centre chapel charity Charles Chatterton church Church of England city of Bristol Clifton College Green Colston court Duke Earl Edward Colston England entrance erected established feet formed formerly four freestone Froom gate George Gloucester Gloucestershire gothic hall Henry II Hospital Hotwells hundred inhabitants inscription instituted John King Edward King Henry King Street late London Lord Mary Redcliff ment merchant miles monument Nicholas ornamented painted persons poor present Prince prison Quay received residence rioters river river Avon Robert Robert Fitzharding side situated SOCIETY stone stood Temple Street Thomas tion tower town twelve Vincent's rocks Wales wall William window
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Page 112 - Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if so fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love— Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav"n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their God.
Page 356 - Society for the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church' was founded in 1811, and within two years of its creation was catering for 40,000 children.
Page 115 - TO DEVELOP ITS ANALOGY TO THE CONSTITUTION AND COURSE OF NATURE, AND LAYING HIS STRONG FOUNDATIONS IN THE DEPTH OF THAT GREAT ARGUMENT, THERE TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER AND IRREFRAGABLE PROOF : THUS RENDERING PHILOSOPHY SUBSERVIENT TO FAITH : AND FINDING IN OUTWARD AND VISIBLE THINGS THE TYPE AND EVIDENCE OF...
Page 328 - How many hearts have here grown cold, That sleep these mouldering stones among ! How many beads have here been told ! • How many matins here been sung ! " On this rude stone, by time long broke, I think I see some pilgrim kneel, 1 think I see the censer smoke, I think I hear the solemn peal.
Page 134 - Upon further inquiry, he was led to a full discovery of all the parchments which remained; the bulk of them coqsisted of poetical and other compositions, by Mr. Canynge, and a particular friend of his, Thomas Rowley, whom Chatterton at first called a monk, and afterwards a secular priest of the fifteenth century. Such, at least, appears to be the account which Chatterton thought proper to give, and which he wished to be believed.
Page 115 - It was reserved for him to develop its analogy to the constitution and course of nature, and laying his strong foundations in the depth of that great argument, there to construct another and irrefragable proof, thus rendering philosophy subservient to faith, and finding in outward and visible things the type and evidence of those within the veil.
Page 112 - To Bristol's fount I bore, with trembling care, Her faded form. She bow'd to taste the wave, And died. Does youth, does beauty read the...
Page 134 - ... manuscripts were left exposed as of no value. Considerable depredations had, from time to time, been committed upon them by different persons : but the most insatiate of these plunderers was the father of Chatterton. His uncle being sexton of St. Mary Redcliffe gave him free access to the church. He carried off, from time to time, parcels of the parchments, and one time alone, with the assistance of his boys, is known to have filled a large basket with them. They were deposited in a cupboard...
Page 45 - George Fox believed that he was filled with the Inner Light and that he then "knew nothing but pureness, innocency and righteousness." He was followed by James Nayler, whose followers called him Jesus and "the dear and precious Son of Zion, whose mother is a virgin and whose birth is immortal.
Page 112 - Heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : she bow'd to taste the wave, And died.