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Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England (1895)

Farrar, Frederic William, 1831-1903, Milman, Henry Hart, 1791-1868, Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881 · Philadelphia : J. C. Winston & co. · leaf 133

An illustration from Westminster abbey and the cathedrals of England, 1895, leaf 133
Council at Westminster. This is the largest nave in any English cathedral, and, as in the case of thatother, St. Peters, in a sunnier city, the proportions are so exquisite that the eyetakes some time to realise the size. All is so simple, so grand, and fault-findersadd so cold. Perhaps there is a… … YORK—FROM THE RAILWAY STATION. here and there a shimmering bit of colour is cast to the ground, but this is neverby the oldest glass, which always transmits pure light. No satisfactory explanationhas been given of this, and some say it is a lost art; is it not more probably theresult of the outside…

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