This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 edition. Excerpt: ...over the thin flat stones, with the consciousness that a mere shell, not more than four or five inches in thickness, alone separates them frojin a blessed eternity. Yet, at the very summit of this thin arch, large blocks, twelve in number, and each weighing a ton, are set on, and held there by the simple ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1815 edition. Excerpt: ...over the thin flat stones, with the consciousness that a mere shell, not more than four or five inches in thickness, alone separates them frojin a blessed eternity. Yet, at the very summit of this thin arch, large blocks, twelve in number, and each weighing a ton, are set on, and held there by the simple lateral pressure of the other stones of the thin arch. These blocks are seen from below carved in roses. Ten or twelve feet above this arch is a light roof, covered with CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. 189 lead, from which the view is very extensive. A very large and powerful organ and its screen divide in two parts the length of the chapel. That screen, made of dark wood, was carved all over-with the utmost care and labour, near three centuries ago; and the true lovers' knots, and other ornaments, are allegorical of the then recent union of the unfortunate Anna Boleyn with Henry VIII. This king, notwithstanding the atrocity of his character, was the friend of letters, and a benefactor of the university. The most celebrated of the colleges at Cambridge is Trinity College, founded by him. We saw there a very fine statue of Sir Isaac Newton in white marble, by Roubiliac. The artist has contrived to make a good drapery of the professor's robe. Sir Isaac Newton holds a prism in liis hand, and looks up. His features are large and regular; and the expression of his countenance simple and sagacious, --not unlike, I think, to Mon-tesq uieu's. The apartment of the philosopher is shewn. The University library is very large, and contains 90,000 volumes. Dr Clarke, whose voyages are before the public, has enriched this university with antique marbles, rare manuscripts, and plants; and he has deposited in the library a very curious cast of Charles XII. the mould having..
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