Side glimpses from the colonial meeting-house (1894)
Bliss, William Root, 1825-1906 · Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company · leaf 263
actof persecution by ecclesiastics of the estab-lished church of New England reminds meof an incident described in the IngoldsbyLegends : the great Lord Cardinal had losta valuable turquoise ring; he summoned intohis presence all the clergy, the monks, and 248 SIDE GLIMPSES. nuns connected with his… … XVI. THE HOUR-GLASS. ■ Turning the accomplishments of many yearsInto an hour-glass. Henry V. kgg^HE hour-glass ended the services iniS^i the colonial meeting-house. It was* an inheritance from Old England,where it was to be seen in every parishchurch ; and that it might be distinctly seen,a candle…
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