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 70
-, granted byParliament, and renewed from time to time, at varying rates, varying also in itsapportionment. This, as all London was supplied with sea-borne coal, and the duty could be easilyand fairly collected, was, perhaps, as equitable a tax as could be devised; the richgenerally in their… … ST. PAULS FROM FLEKT STREET. Sir Christopher Wren was designated in the Kings Commission as the architectof the new cathedral. Wren, in truth, stood alone as an architect, without rival orcompetitor. He was chosen, not by the Kings will alone, but, it may be said, bygeneral acclamation. He who was…
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