in those corporate towns which were connected withthe great abbeys, as was the case with Bury St. Edmunds.This probably arose from the wealth and comparative in-dependence of the chief mass of the people, from intelli-gence begot by social intercourse, and from their beingbrought into close… … (Fig. 28.) A STAFF<>Iir>SllII;K TYG.—MAYER COLLECTION. century ; as also that vulture-like rapacity for plunder,and that detestable iconoclasm, in which the most pre-cious works of art and learning perished, as doubtlessmany minor things of humbler art, which would havetaught to our wiser…
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795 · Wedgwood ware · Pottery -- England
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