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Article FREEMASON RY. Just Published, A PORTRAIT... Page 1 of 1 Article In two vols. Svo., with Maps and Illustr... Page 1 of 1
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Freemason Ry. Just Published, A Portrait...
FREEMASON RY . Just Published , A PORTRAIT OF TIIE LATE RICHARD SMITH , ESQ .
( IN MASONIC COSTUME ) MANY YEARS DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OP THE FREEMASONS OF TIIE PROVINCE OF BRISTOL , From the Picture by N . C . Branwliite , Esq ., in Freemason ' s Hall , Bristol , and Lithographed by E . Morton , Esq . s . d .
First Proofs , with Autograph 10 6 Second ditto 7 C ALSO , A PLAIN-DRESS PORTRAIT OF THB LATE RICHARD SMITH , ESQ . FOR A LONG PERIOD SENIOR SURGEON OF THE BRISTOL INFIRMARY .
( By the same Artists . ) S . d . First Proofs , with Autograph 7 C Second ditto 5 0 Published by C . MITCHELL , Printseller , 26 , Orchard-street , Bristol ; also sold by Mr . EVERETT , Bath ; Mr . TERRETT , Taunton ; Mr . JEW , Gloucester ; ancl by Bro . RICHARD SPENCER , ( Masonic Library ) , 311 , High Holborn , London .
In Two Vols. Svo., With Maps And Illustr...
In two vols . Svo ., with Maps and Illustrations , T ) O M E , as it was under PAGANISM , and as it became under the POPES . " Ages and realms are crowded in this span . " " This is a very remarkable work . The author—be he Protestant or Catholic—has succeeded in producing , on the decline ancl fall of the Roman Empire , and the reproductionunder new formsof the Roman influence bthe Popes ancl the Churchan
, , y , original and most valuable work . "—Tablet , July 30 . " It is abundantly evident that the author is a zealous adherent to the Romish Churchthat he is deeply read in ecclesiastical literature—that he places implicit reliance on the Fathers and the received lives of the Saints ; and that he has a minute and accurate knowledge of the history he proposes to examine . "—Athenceum , July 22 . " All , in truth , that could convey a vivid and reanimated likeness of what Rome was
in the days of her external splendour , is brought together with a brilliancy , and power , and learning , unsurpassed in tlie literature of the present clay . But it is not alone the restoration of the ' outward mother of dead empires' that we admire so much as the knowledge of universal Roman life , its state of policy , religion , philosophy , customs , habits , feelings , which are displayed throughout every page . "—Dublin Monitor , Aug . 14 . " His familiarity with the localities of the scenes wliich he describes could only have been acquired by many years of residence upon the spot itself . "—Freeman ' s Journal .
" Admirable abilities have been called into exercise for its production , and much pains ancl labour ; and after every drawback has been allowed , there yet remains amply enough of merit to recommend it to the world . " - — -Metropolitan Magazine . London : J . MADDEN and Co ., S , Leadenhall-street . Dublin : John Gumming , Lower Ormond-nuay .
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Freemason Ry. Just Published, A Portrait...
FREEMASON RY . Just Published , A PORTRAIT OF TIIE LATE RICHARD SMITH , ESQ .
( IN MASONIC COSTUME ) MANY YEARS DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OP THE FREEMASONS OF TIIE PROVINCE OF BRISTOL , From the Picture by N . C . Branwliite , Esq ., in Freemason ' s Hall , Bristol , and Lithographed by E . Morton , Esq . s . d .
First Proofs , with Autograph 10 6 Second ditto 7 C ALSO , A PLAIN-DRESS PORTRAIT OF THB LATE RICHARD SMITH , ESQ . FOR A LONG PERIOD SENIOR SURGEON OF THE BRISTOL INFIRMARY .
( By the same Artists . ) S . d . First Proofs , with Autograph 7 C Second ditto 5 0 Published by C . MITCHELL , Printseller , 26 , Orchard-street , Bristol ; also sold by Mr . EVERETT , Bath ; Mr . TERRETT , Taunton ; Mr . JEW , Gloucester ; ancl by Bro . RICHARD SPENCER , ( Masonic Library ) , 311 , High Holborn , London .
In Two Vols. Svo., With Maps And Illustr...
In two vols . Svo ., with Maps and Illustrations , T ) O M E , as it was under PAGANISM , and as it became under the POPES . " Ages and realms are crowded in this span . " " This is a very remarkable work . The author—be he Protestant or Catholic—has succeeded in producing , on the decline ancl fall of the Roman Empire , and the reproductionunder new formsof the Roman influence bthe Popes ancl the Churchan
, , y , original and most valuable work . "—Tablet , July 30 . " It is abundantly evident that the author is a zealous adherent to the Romish Churchthat he is deeply read in ecclesiastical literature—that he places implicit reliance on the Fathers and the received lives of the Saints ; and that he has a minute and accurate knowledge of the history he proposes to examine . "—Athenceum , July 22 . " All , in truth , that could convey a vivid and reanimated likeness of what Rome was
in the days of her external splendour , is brought together with a brilliancy , and power , and learning , unsurpassed in tlie literature of the present clay . But it is not alone the restoration of the ' outward mother of dead empires' that we admire so much as the knowledge of universal Roman life , its state of policy , religion , philosophy , customs , habits , feelings , which are displayed throughout every page . "—Dublin Monitor , Aug . 14 . " His familiarity with the localities of the scenes wliich he describes could only have been acquired by many years of residence upon the spot itself . "—Freeman ' s Journal .
" Admirable abilities have been called into exercise for its production , and much pains ancl labour ; and after every drawback has been allowed , there yet remains amply enough of merit to recommend it to the world . " - — -Metropolitan Magazine . London : J . MADDEN and Co ., S , Leadenhall-street . Dublin : John Gumming , Lower Ormond-nuay .