The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . d, but is not now shown to the public. It is ten inches high and six inches in diameter at the broadestpart, of transparent dark blue glass, coated with opaque white glass,cut in cameo on each side into groups of figures in relief, representingthe marriage of Peleus and Thetis. — From The EncyclopsedicDictionary. Cassell and Co. Westminster Abbey Irvings Westminster Abbey suggests earlier essays on similarthemes, which may, perhaps, have been starting point
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent[pseud.] together with Abbotsford and other selections from the writings of Washington Irving .. . d, but is not now shown to the public. It is ten inches high and six inches in diameter at the broadestpart, of transparent dark blue glass, coated with opaque white glass,cut in cameo on each side into groups of figures in relief, representingthe marriage of Peleus and Thetis. — From The EncyclopsedicDictionary. Cassell and Co. Westminster Abbey Irvings Westminster Abbey suggests earlier essays on similarthemes, which may, perhaps, have been starting points for histhought; such are Reflections in Westminster Abbey, Spectator,No. 26 ; and An Account of Westminster Abbey in A Citizen ofthe World, Letter xiii by Goldsmith. For later visits of Irving,and for his residence in Little Cloisters, see Life and Letters,Vol. II, p. 393. NOTES 397 140 : 7. Burial in Westminster Abbey. In the beginning, onlyroyal and ecclesiastical persons were buried in Westminster Abbeyby right; a few others were grudgingly admitted by royal commandand by the abbots favor. Chaucer is supposed to have received. burial in the Abbey because he lived in a house within the enclosure,abutting on old Lady Chapel; he was also clerk of the works atWestminster Palace. Later, for many generations, the privilege ofsepulture in the Abbey was awarded by direct command of thesovereign. Cromwell originated the idea, which was taken up by 398 THE SKETCH-BOOK Parliament, that the plain citizen, be he statesman, soldier, or sailor,who deserved public recognition, might be honored thus. The cus-tom has since become a national observance. Henry VIII, and laterElizabeth, defined the functions of the Dean and Chapter with refer-ence especially to Westminster School, and since that time theyhave been practically the administrative body. At the present time,the proposal to honor the illustrious dead by burial in the Abbeyoriginates either in memorials presented to the Dean, as i
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