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afterwards alabaster Alto-relievo ancient antique Brydges Buckingham and Chandos carved and gilt centre chimney-piece collection columns Cornelius Jansen daughter of Sir Ditto Duchess Duke of Buckingham Duke of Chandos Duke of Somerset Earl Nugent Earl of Chatham Earl Temple Edward Elizabeth Etatis suæ feet figures following inscription formerly Gardens George Grenville George Villiers Giallo glass gold Gosfield Henry VII Honourable James Craggs Infant Saviour inlaid Ionic King Charles King George King of France Lady Landscape Lord Wharton Louis Marchioness of Buckingham Marquess of Buckingham Marquess of Chandos Mary Medallions niches or-molu ornamented painted pedestal picture Portico Portrait present Duke Prince Rembrandt representing Richard Grenville Right Honourable James Robert Royal Bucks Rubens side silver Sir John Sir Richard Temple Sir Thomas specimens stands statue Stowe tablet third Earl Unknown Vandyke Vases Venus Virgin and Infant Viscount Cobham white marble wife of Richard wife of Sir window Wotton
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Page 62 - O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. "So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Page 26 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves...
Page 30 - Now breaks, or now directs, th' intending Lines; Paints as you plant, and, as you work, designs. Still follow Sense, of ev'ry Art the Soul, Parts answ'ring parts shall slide into a whole, Spontaneous beauties all around advance, Start ev'n from Difficulty, strike from Chance; Nature shall join you; Time shall make it grow A Work to wonder at — perhaps a STOWE.
Page 30 - And you, brave COBHAM ! to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death : Such in those moments as in all the past ; " Oh, save my country, Heaven !
Page 1 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water, seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crushed and bruised, But as the world harmoniously confused: Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 20 - SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, Who, by the honourable profession of a merchant, having enriched himself and his country; for carrying on the commerce of the world, built the Royal Exchange.
Page 18 - When by a good man's grave I muse alone, Methinks an Angel sits upon the stone ; Like those of old, on that thrice-hallowed night, Who sate and watched in raiment heavenly bright ; And, with a voice inspiring joy not fear, Says, pointing upward,
Page 21 - KING ALFRED ; The mildest, justest, most beneficent of kings ; who drove out the Danes, secured the seas, protected learning, established juries, crushed corruption, guarded liberty, and was the founder of the English constitution.
Page 22 - SIR WALTER RALEIGH, A valiant Soldier, and an able Statesman ; who endeavouring to rouse the spirit of his master, for the honour of his country, against the ambition of Spain, fell a sacrifice to the influence of that court, whose arms he had vanquished, and whose designs he opposed.
Page 21 - Quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat, Quique pii vates et Phoebo digna locuti, Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes, Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo ; Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta.