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... Ursula ! sister Ursula ! wilt thou have the goodness to come hither ? " " I am here , sister Catherine , " replied a voice that seemed the very echo of the other , and a second pale , draped figure stood at the threshold . " What ...
... Ursula ! sister Ursula ! wilt thou have the goodness to come hither ? " " I am here , sister Catherine , " replied a voice that seemed the very echo of the other , and a second pale , draped figure stood at the threshold . " What ...
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... . Amongst these were several paintings and carvings of rare beauty ; but the great pride of the collection was the Reliquary of St. Ursula , a beautiful coffer placed upon a pivot , and surrounded by seats , 42 SIGHTS AND STORIES .
... . Amongst these were several paintings and carvings of rare beauty ; but the great pride of the collection was the Reliquary of St. Ursula , a beautiful coffer placed upon a pivot , and surrounded by seats , 42 SIGHTS AND STORIES .
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... Ursula ; but it is now empty . On one gable end is an exquisitely finished representation of the Madonna and two nuns . At the opposite end is a companion portrait of St. Ursula herself , surrounded by a number of her companions . The ...
... Ursula ; but it is now empty . On one gable end is an exquisitely finished representation of the Madonna and two nuns . At the opposite end is a companion portrait of St. Ursula herself , surrounded by a number of her companions . The ...
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... Ursula in the pages of the English History , " said Mr. Butler , smiling . " But if ever you should visit Cologne , you will be shown a multitude of bones and skulls lining the walls of the Church of St. Ursula , which , as they will ...
... Ursula in the pages of the English History , " said Mr. Butler , smiling . " But if ever you should visit Cologne , you will be shown a multitude of bones and skulls lining the walls of the Church of St. Ursula , which , as they will ...
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... Ursula . Hemling offered to paint a coffer for the reception of the relic , on condition that he might be permitted to remain till its completion . A masterpiece was the result ; and the superiors of the establishment were but too glad ...
... Ursula . Hemling offered to paint a coffer for the reception of the relic , on condition that he might be permitted to remain till its completion . A masterpiece was the result ; and the superiors of the establishment were but too glad ...
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Alonzo aloud amusement Antwerp artist asked beautiful belfry Belgium Bertha blacksmith boys Bruges Butler cakes called Cathedral Charles Charley Potts Church council Count Egmont Counts of Flanders cried Frank cried Freddy dare daughter dear door Duke Egmont Emperor England exclaimed eyes father Flanders Fleece Flemings Flemish gentleman Ghent gigantic gold Golden hand Hans Hemling head heard Hemling honour Jacques Van Artevelde Joe Simpson King knapsack labour land laughed little Freddy looked Margaret of Parma Mary of Burgundy Master Charley merchants Messire morning never night note-book once Ostend painter paintings PETER PAUL RUBENS Philip Polydore pray Quentin Matsys remember replied Rome round Rubens Sabina scarcely Schelde slaves sleep smiling Spain spire stood story streets sure Sydney Robins tell thousand tion took tower trees Ursula Vanderlinden walked William of Nassau wonder young
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Page 10 - THE BELFRY OF BRUGES IN the market-place of Bruges stands the belfry old and brown; Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the town.
Page 10 - Then most musical and solemn, bringing back the olden times, With their strange, unearthly changes rang the melancholy chimes, Like the psalms from some old cloister, when the nuns sing in the choir ; And the great bell tolled among them, like the chanting of a friar.
Page 137 - This indigested vomit of the sea Fell to the Dutch by just propriety. Glad then, as miners who have found the ore, They, with mad labour...
Page 137 - And sat, not as a meat, but as a guest ; And oft the Tritons, and the sea-nymphs, saw Whole shoals of Dutch served up for Cabillau; Or, as they over the new level ranged, For pickled herring, pickled heeren changed. Nature, it seemed, ashamed of her mistake, Would throw their land away at duck and drake, Therefore necessity, that first made kings, Something like government among them brings.
Page 137 - How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles, And to the stake a struggling country bound, Where barking waves still bait the forced ground, Building their watery Babel far more high To reach the sea, than those to scale the sky.
Page 137 - Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than what building swallows bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul.
Page 51 - Spacious and undefaced — but ancient all. "When I may read of tilts in days of old, Of tournays graced by chieftains of renown, Fair dames, grave citizens, and warriors bold — If fancy could portray some stately town, Which of such pomp fit theatre might be, Fair Bruges ! I shall then remember thee.
Page 137 - Yet still his claim the injured ocean laid, And oft at leap-frog o'er their steeples played, As if on purpose it on land had come To show them what's their mare liberum.
Page 51 - Fair city, worthy of her ancient fame ! The season of her splendour is gone by, Yet everywhere its monuments remain : Temples which rear their stately heads on high, Canals that intersect the fertile plain — "Wide streets and squares, with many a court and hall, Spacious and undefaced — but ancient all. "When I may read of tilts in days of old, Of...
Page 169 - It is better to sit than to stand, it is better to lie than to sit, it is better to sleep than to wake, but Death is the best of all!