 | Franklin James Didier - England - 1822 - 218 pages
...found to be the easiest way of seeing the royal funeral. The charm was the entrance of the Abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiaro obscuro. There wanted nothing but incense, and little chapels here and there, with priests saying mass... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 410 pages
...tolling, and minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...day ; the tombs, long aisles, and fretted roof all appeared distinctly and with the happiest chiara scuro. — There wanted nothing but incense, and little... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - Conduct of life - 1827 - 412 pages
...tolling, and minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...day ; the tombs, long aisles, and fretted roof all appeared distinctly and with the happiest cltinnt scum. — There wanted nothing but incense, and little... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 404 pages
...tolling, and minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...day ; the tombs, long aisles, and fretted roof all appeared distinctly and with the happiest chiara scu.ro. — There wanted nothing but incense, and... | |
 | New elegant extracts, Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1827 - 402 pages
...tolling, and minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...day; the tombs, long aisles, and fretted roof all appeared distinctly and with the happiest chiara scuro. — There wanted nothing but incense, and little... | |
 | Horace Walpole (4th earl of Orford.) - 1837 - 484 pages
...tolling, and minute guns, — all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...roof, all appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiara scuro. There wanted nothing but incense, and little chapels here and there, with priests saying... | |
 | Horace Walpole - 1837 - 490 pages
...tolling, and minute guns,—all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...roof, all appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiara scuro. There wanted nothing but incense, and little chapels here and there, with priests saying... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 516 pages
...tolling, and minute guns — all this was very solemn. But the charm]was the entrance of the Abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiaro scuro. * * * When we came to the Chapel of Henry the Seventh, all solemnif.y and decorum ceased ; no... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - Europe - 1838 - 548 pages
...tolling, and minute guns — all this was very solemn. But the charnTwas the entrance of the Abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiaro scuro. * * * When we came to the Chapel of Henry the Seventh, all solemnity and decorum ceased ; no... | |
 | William Pitt (1st earl of Chatham.), William Stanhope Taylor - Europe - 1838 - 532 pages
...tolling, and minute guns — all this was very solemn. But the charm^was the entrance of the Abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes,...appearing distinctly, and with the happiest chiaro scuro. * * * When we came to the Chapel of Henry the Seventh, all solemnity and decorum ceased ; no... | |
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... all this was very solemn. But the charm was the entrance of the abbey, where we were received by the dean and chapter in rich robes, the choir and almsmen bearing torches; the whole abbey so illuminated, that one saw it to greater advantage than by... 
