. St. Nicholas [serial]. nding in similar at-titudes ; they have scep-ters in their right hands,and the left hand is laidacross the breast. There is, too, a beauti-ful stone bas-relief of ananchor now in bears the date of is no reliable in-formation concerning itsoriginal position. Wehave this to rely upon,that the anchor was neverset up as an advertise-ment of the shippingtrade, but used as anemblem. Some of theold printers were fond ofit. It was carved in stoneover the gate of St. Clem-ents Inn, and as an em-blem of true faith is asso-ciated with St. Clement,who, acco
. St. Nicholas [serial]. nding in similar at-titudes ; they have scep-ters in their right hands,and the left hand is laidacross the breast. There is, too, a beauti-ful stone bas-relief of ananchor now in bears the date of is no reliable in-formation concerning itsoriginal position. Wehave this to rely upon,that the anchor was neverset up as an advertise-ment of the shippingtrade, but used as anemblem. Some of theold printers were fond ofit. It was carved in stoneover the gate of St. Clem-ents Inn, and as an em-blem of true faith is asso-ciated with St. Clement,who, according to tradi-tion, was cast into theThames with an anchorabout his neck, by orderof the Emperor Trajan,on account of his firmadherence to Christian-ity. Fitly, therefore, ananchor forms the vane ofthe Church of St. ClementDanes,in the Strand; andthe anchor design alsoappears on various partsof the building. No lover of old signsshould fail to see, also,the interesting arms ofthe Inns of Court. Thegate-house of Lincolns. THE THREE CROWNS AND THE THREE KINGS. timbers were brought bySir Thomas Lovell, ,from Henley-on-Thames,have been regularly closedat night ever since theyear 1564. They wereopen at the hour when Igot the sun above thehouse-tops to photographthe crest — but the oblig-ing lodge-keeper partiallyclosed them that I mightget their historic out-lines. The Earl of Lin-coln gave his name tothis system of law courts,reaching back three anda half centuries, with itslist of illustrious names,such as Sir Thomas More,Sir Matthew Hale, LordThurlow, Lord Mans-field, and Lord these chambers Thur-low and Cromwell Inns of Court arefour in number, viz: theInner Temple, the Mid-dle Temple, LincolnsInn, and Grays are called Inns ofCourt because when theywere established theywere held in the AulaRegia, or court of thekings palace. Passing, then, to theTemple, home of theKnights Templars, re-cruiting-place for theCrusades, final resting-place of the m
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