Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 64
e. Unhappily the spirit of utility of a most materialage allowed the Chapter House to be demolished,but, oddly enough, this demolition, together withthe peeling of the exterior, the removal, so tospeak, of details and minor embellishments of thegrand edifice, have robbed us of nothing of its… … DURHAM ELVET BRIDGE I DURHAM interior of mans destructive power in the mutila-tion of the Neville tombs. It seems strange that the House of God thePeacemaker and the shrine of St. Cuthbert theincorruptible should have been used as a prison-house of corruptible beings and peace-breakers,…
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