The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events. St. Paul's to St. James's, Volume 1Smith, Elder, and Company, 1848 |
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... Diana . To Diana he offered sacrifice , and prayed her to direct his course . The prayer , and the goddess's reply , as told in Latin by Gildas , have received a lustre from the hand of Milton . He gives us the fol- lowing translation ...
... Diana . To Diana he offered sacrifice , and prayed her to direct his course . The prayer , and the goddess's reply , as told in Latin by Gildas , have received a lustre from the hand of Milton . He gives us the fol- lowing translation ...
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... DIANA , famous in geology ; so that the single history of St. Paul's Churchyard carries us back to the remotest periods of tradition ; and we commence our book in the proper style of the old Chroniclers , who were not content , unless ...
... DIANA , famous in geology ; so that the single history of St. Paul's Churchyard carries us back to the remotest periods of tradition ; and we commence our book in the proper style of the old Chroniclers , who were not content , unless ...
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... DIANA'S CHAMBER . say that this tradition has all the air of a fable . The author we have just named , however ... Diana . " What the " testifications " in question may really have amounted to , we cannot pretend to say ; but Diana ...
... DIANA'S CHAMBER . say that this tradition has all the air of a fable . The author we have just named , however ... Diana . " What the " testifications " in question may really have amounted to , we cannot pretend to say ; but Diana ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 29 |
The Church of St Faith Booksellers of the Churchyard | 68 |
Burning of the Pope St Brides Steeple Milton Illuminated | 110 |
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