The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . rch he gives the reputationof being famous for poets. Its magnificence dates from the timeof the great Cardinal Wolsey, who en-dowed it lavishly, and built the greatHall, which, for the beauty of its inte-rior, ranks second only to WestminsterHall. The chapel which he intended tobuild on one side of the great quadrangleas a
The illustrated history of Methodism [electronic resource]; the story of the origin and progress of the Methodist church, from its foundation by John Wesley to the present dayWritten in popular style and illustrated by more than one thousand portraits and views of persons . rch he gives the reputationof being famous for poets. Its magnificence dates from the timeof the great Cardinal Wolsey, who en-dowed it lavishly, and built the greatHall, which, for the beauty of its inte-rior, ranks second only to WestminsterHall. The chapel which he intended tobuild on one side of the great quadrangleas a rival to the magnificent Kings Col-lege Chapel in Cambridge, was nevererected; and in its place the cathedral ofSt. Frideswyde serves as the collegechapel. That ancient edifice, which isimmediately adjoining, gave up one ofits outlying buildings, the refectory, forthe uses of the college. Long used asthe college library it is now the mostancient portion of its structures. Thelarge tower, containing the bell knownas Great Tom of Christ Church,whose hundred and one mighty strokessummon all students over the city toenter their college walls at the early hourof nine, is after a design of Sir Christo-pher Wren, and was completed whenSamuel Wesley was an undergraduate at. I W f ^Jt^ 3b*? 1 j%> w : 1*1 sT P^j^^^fc- fr- ? i % *& j. GKOKGK I.(Ascended the Throne, 1715.) DRA>T SWIFT. Kxeter. This closing period of theseventeenth century saw the erection ofmany new structures connected with thecollege. Under Doctor Fell, an activehead, old buildings were removed andreplaced by newer and better was this Dr. Fell who, by his strict-ness in enforcing university require-ments for a degree, brought upon his de-voted head the well-known couplet: I do nnt love thee, Doetor Fell;The reason why I cannot this I know, and know full well,I do not love thee, Doetor Foil. It was at the close of his deanship, inthe gloomy days immediately precedingthe arrival of William of O
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