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Basem; Or, The Blacksmith. An Oriental Apologue.
/ lie , by God's leave , an officer of justice . " He then filled a bumper , drank it with the usual ceremony , but happening at that moment to belch , " and this , " he cried , " in the beard of the Khalif , " To-morrow , thought the Khalif , I will make an example . of tffis drunkard , which shall furnish conversation for all the inhabitants of Bagdat , ( To be concluded in our next . J
Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN , & c .
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IN the west gable there has been a very large arclied window , now entirely filled up with stone and lime . — . Opposite to this window , screi ght up from the second pillar down from the face of the altar , is another large arch . ed window , out of which one could look over the roof of the altar . This window is likewise filled up with stone and lime , except a sm ' ajl part at top . On each pilaster of this last win ? jdowthere are two nitchps for statues almost as big as the life .
, Streight up from the capital of eacji large pillar , in the middle area of the chapel , halfway up to the top of the high roof , is a nich for a statue . Round the whole chapel within , is a bejt qr Jine of a vast variety of wreathingrwork in basso relievo , proceeding in . an horizontal and perpendicular way , the better to humour the spies of the windows ;
but it is arched over the tops of the two doors .. The inside of the high arched roof is all cut out into squares of various figure ? in flower-work , particularly roses , foliage , & c . The west gable is extended farther than the side-walls pf the chapel 26 feet south , and as many north , and on the east-side of each ex . tension there are two pillars equidistant from one another , and from
each corner , which have been intended to run up into turrets or spires ; from all which , it plainly appears , that a much larger building" has been designed ' to the west , of which the present chapel would have been only the choir . And indeed the marks on the west-gable are very plain , from whence the side walls were to have been advanced , whose foundations have been discoveredin plowing up the ground ^
, a good way west-ward . These marks are about 91 feet distant fro _ 4 each other , and a small part of the north-wall , about three feet from the west gable , is actually built . On the outside of this gable , you see three large doors all filled up ^ . 'ith stone and lime , whose lintlesand some of the jambs are cut out
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Basem; Or, The Blacksmith. An Oriental Apologue.
/ lie , by God's leave , an officer of justice . " He then filled a bumper , drank it with the usual ceremony , but happening at that moment to belch , " and this , " he cried , " in the beard of the Khalif , " To-morrow , thought the Khalif , I will make an example . of tffis drunkard , which shall furnish conversation for all the inhabitants of Bagdat , ( To be concluded in our next . J
Account And Description Of The Chapel Of Roslin, &C.
ACCOUNT AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CHAPEL OF ROSLIN , & c .
Concluded from Page 254 .
IN the west gable there has been a very large arclied window , now entirely filled up with stone and lime . — . Opposite to this window , screi ght up from the second pillar down from the face of the altar , is another large arch . ed window , out of which one could look over the roof of the altar . This window is likewise filled up with stone and lime , except a sm ' ajl part at top . On each pilaster of this last win ? jdowthere are two nitchps for statues almost as big as the life .
, Streight up from the capital of eacji large pillar , in the middle area of the chapel , halfway up to the top of the high roof , is a nich for a statue . Round the whole chapel within , is a bejt qr Jine of a vast variety of wreathingrwork in basso relievo , proceeding in . an horizontal and perpendicular way , the better to humour the spies of the windows ;
but it is arched over the tops of the two doors .. The inside of the high arched roof is all cut out into squares of various figure ? in flower-work , particularly roses , foliage , & c . The west gable is extended farther than the side-walls pf the chapel 26 feet south , and as many north , and on the east-side of each ex . tension there are two pillars equidistant from one another , and from
each corner , which have been intended to run up into turrets or spires ; from all which , it plainly appears , that a much larger building" has been designed ' to the west , of which the present chapel would have been only the choir . And indeed the marks on the west-gable are very plain , from whence the side walls were to have been advanced , whose foundations have been discoveredin plowing up the ground ^
, a good way west-ward . These marks are about 91 feet distant fro _ 4 each other , and a small part of the north-wall , about three feet from the west gable , is actually built . On the outside of this gable , you see three large doors all filled up ^ . 'ith stone and lime , whose lintlesand some of the jambs are cut out