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d of course be destroyed, while the stonewalls and mighty Norman pillars and piers would suffer com-paratively little damage. In Gloucester the great columnspreserve to this day the red stains of fire; probably the burn-ing rafters from the roof fell upon them. These constant andrepeated fires were… … i-r< i life. 2Bi , ?S|« - jrffcf trd»] .innnnn^n , K «l& ■k ^ —-■ - —....—,.. When brilliantly lit for the . evening services these vast Nor-man naves lose their cold aspect, and are indescribablybeautiful and solemn ; but by daylight, although most grave andimpressive, they leave a sense of…
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