Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester, Volume 27 |
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altar Anno arcade battlement belfry windows brass canopy carved ceiling chancel aisle chancel arch chapel character Chetham Chetham Society choir churchyard clerestory corbels corner buttresses cornice crocketed debased door Early English east end east window effigy erected five lights flagon foliated font four lights Furness Abbey Goosnargh head Humphrey Chetham inscription Lancashire late Perpendicular lofty Manchester modern mouldings nave and chancel niche north aisle north and south north side octagonal octagonal pillars ogee organ original panneled parapet parish paten peal of eight peal of six Perpendicular pews pinnacles piscina plain pointed arches pulpit rebuilt registers begin reredos restored RICHARD COPLEY CHRISTIE roof Rudhall seats sedilia shields side aisles silver chalices six bells south aisle south porch south side spire square stained glass stair turret stalls stone style suæ three lights tomb tracery transept transom trefoiled vestry west end west tower window of three Winwick
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Page 35 - ... where they are usual and legal, is, to say the least of it, a vulgar familiarity, ill becoming an Attache of our Embassy. But as I was saying, I do not require to go to either of those statesmen to be instructed in my politics. I take mine where I take my religion, from the Bible. ' Fear God, honour the King, and meddle not with those that are given to change.
Page 83 - I to the Church the living call, and to the grave do summon all, AR 1728.
Page 79 - The great shaft which stands about the middle of the churchyard (ii. 1, 2; edges, 3, 4) must take us back a long way into our early Anglian history. I know of no stone anywhere which really resembles it in the remarkably bold spirals with which it is ornamented — bold alike in their design and in their relief. It will be noticed, however, that the effect of a gable sculptured on each side, with a central spine running up the stone from the apex of the gable, can scarcely but have some connection...
Page 14 - Heysham has some interest attached to it. It has broad horns, and, therefore, is of the platycerine class ; and, as it is not a reindeer, it is said to be a rude representation of an elk. The scene on this side of the stone can scarcely be anything but an animal-hunt; it is not like the hunts which have reference to the trials of the Christian soul on its passage through the world.
Page 121 - ... merciful, loving, and righteous. A good man is merciful, and lendeth ; and will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely he shall never be moved ; and the righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance. He will not be afraid of any evil tidings ; for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the Lord. He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor ; his righteousness remaineth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Page 93 - One shows a man with two buckets (?), the other shows a man being held head downwards by two ferocious-looking men, who have got a saw between them, and are either sawing him asunder or are preparing to saw off his arms, which hang down conveniently for that purpose. Now if we cast our...
Page 89 - In heaven his soule doth rest, his bodie heere Sleepes in this dust, and his fame everie where Triumphs the Towne, the Country farther forth The land throughout proclaimes his noble worth. Speake of a man soe Kinde, so courteous, So free, and every waie magnanimous, That storie told at large here doe you see Epitomiz'd in briefe, Covell was hee.