Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)
Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 34
rightful pre-eminence. Few surpass it in picturesqueness of out-line, in beauty, or in interest of architecture. No mistaken zeal of acomparatively late age as at St. Peters in Rome, no overpoweringnecessity as at St. Pauls in London, has broken its historical con-tinuity and obliterated all traces… … 2 CATHEDRAL CHURCHES. [Canterbury. earlier than the Norman Conquest; but since this epoch in our annals, generation aftergeneration has left its mark upon the building, and Canterbury Cathedral is a history-writ in stone of every age up to and even beyond tlie English Reformation. We have spoken of…
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