. The earth and its inhabitants ... ^, but it rises on the site of older churches, the first amongstwhich was encircled by an arm of the Thames, long since dried up. WestminsterAbbey, notwithstanding modern additions and restorations, is one of the mostperfect Gothic churches of England, one of those whose aspect is most interior, though too much cumbered with mortuary monuments, is moreespecially remarkable for its boldness and airiness. The apsidal chapel ofHenry YII., in which the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Bath used tomeet, is ablaze with light and decorations. A
. The earth and its inhabitants ... ^, but it rises on the site of older churches, the first amongstwhich was encircled by an arm of the Thames, long since dried up. WestminsterAbbey, notwithstanding modern additions and restorations, is one of the mostperfect Gothic churches of England, one of those whose aspect is most interior, though too much cumbered with mortuary monuments, is moreespecially remarkable for its boldness and airiness. The apsidal chapel ofHenry YII., in which the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Bath used tomeet, is ablaze with light and decorations. Arches of fairy-like grace support the F,rr. 95.—WesTMINSTEK fretted vault, pendent by subtle magic, a marvel of constructive skill. West-minster Abbey is the St. Denis and Pantheon of England thrown into one. In itmost of those men whose memory is venerated by the nation have found a last rest-ing-place, or at least a monument has been erected to their memory. But besidesmen of distinction, how many are there not who have found a place in this edificewho were great only in birth, wealth, or in their own conceit; and in additionto works of the sculptors art, great in design and sober in taste, how frequentlyare we not offended by ridiculous allegories and boastful inscriptions ! Amongstthe most remarkable monuments are the sarcophagus of Henry YII. and his wife,and the seated statue of Lord Mansfield ; but who could pass without notice themonuments or tombstones of Edward the Confessor, Edward III., Jane Seymour,Mary Stuart, or Queen Elizabeth, or those of statesmen such as Monk, Canning,* Hepworth Dixon, The Tower of London. ISi THE BE1TI3H IS
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