Chilcott's descriptive history of BristolChilcott, 1846 |
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altar ancient appearance arches Augustine's Avon Baptist Bath beautiful Bedminster Berkeley Bishop Brandon Hill brass Bridge BRISTOL AUXILIARY Bristol Bridge Bristol Castle Bristol Channel BRISTOL RIOTS building built called Canynges Castle cathedral centre chancel chapel Christ Church of England Clifton Colston's School corporation Court Cumberland Basin Ditto Earl east Edward Edward Colston England entrance erected feet formed formerly Froom gallery Gate Gloucester Gloucestershire Gothic Henry II Hill Hotwells hundred inhabitants inscription iron John Keynsham King Henry late Leigh woods London Lord marble Mary Redcliff mayor memory merchant miles monument opened ornamented painted parish of St Philip and Jacob port present Prince prison Quay Queen repaired rioters river river Avon roof ships side SOCIETY south aisle Square stone Temple Thomas tion tons tower town Vincent's rocks Wales wall western Wine Street worship
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Page 115 - 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 283 - Framed every tie that binds the soul to prove Her duty friendship, and her friendship love; But yet remembering that the parting sigh Appoints the just to slumber, not to die, The starting tear I check'd—I kiss'd the rod,— And not to earth resign'd her, but to God. The
Page 115 - E'en 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
Page 282 - brow to wipe the damps of death, And watch in dumb despair the shortening breath;— If chance direct him to this artless line, Let the sad mourner know his pangs were mine. Ordain'd to lose the partner of my breast, Whose virtue warm'd me, and whose beauty
Page 353 - death's my pay, it seems, and welcome too; Revenge destroying but itself, while I To birds of prey leave my old cage and fly: .Examples preach to the eye—care then (mine says) Not how you end, but how you spend, your days.
Page 116 - approach this awful shrine, The merits of the honour'd dead to seek ; The friend, the son, the Christian, the divine, Let those who knew him, those who lov'd him, speak. Oh ! let them in some pause of anguish say, What zeal inspir'd, what faith enlarg'd his breast; How soon
Page 139 - 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. It is, indeed, confirmed by the testimony of his mother and sister:
Page 133 - sets forth a candle light A worthy act declares a worthy wight the buildings rare that here you may behold to shrine his Bones deserves a tomb of gold the famous Fabricke that he here hath donne Shines in its sphere as glorious as the Sonne. What needs more words,
Page 138 - vestry was in consequence made, that the chest should be opened, under the inspection of an attorney; and that those writings which appeared to be of value should be removed to the south porch of the church. The locks were therefore forced, and not only the principal chest, but the others also,
Page 139 - 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 in the school, and employed for different purposes, such as the covering of copy books, &c.