Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 160
stately repose, is inspired by the spirit of mediaeval art. In this monu-ment and in that of the fifth Earl the dominant sentiments of two reigns oftwo queens are expressed in stone. One speaks of an age when to fear Godand do righteously was supposed to be a mark of true nobility ; the other ofan… … In no placedocs the me-mory of thisgreat and wiseman rise upbefore onesmind more vi-vidly than inthe peacefulchurch, in thepresence of hisgrave. True,thenoblehousewhich he builtis even yet theglory of theneighbouringpark, but here CECIL TOMBS AT HATFIELD. the memories of gene-rations of Cecils…
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