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The Story of Westminster Abbey
Introduction
简介： Geoffrey's father had gone to be the representative of the Mother Country in one of the distant Colonies, and as the boy had more brains than body, to quote his house-master, his parents had taken him with them for a time, making a long journey first...
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1.
INTRODUCTION
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PART I CHAPTER I IN THE MISTY PAST
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CHAPTER II THE HALLOWING OF THE ABBEY
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CHAPTER III SAXONS AND NORMANS AT WESTMINSTER
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CHAPTER IV THROUGH SEVEN REIGNS
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CHAPTER V WITH KINGS AND QUEENS IN EDWARD'S SHRINE
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CHAPTER VI EDWARD III. AND QUEEN PHILIPPA
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CHAPTER VII RICHARD II. AND QUEEN ANNE
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CHAPTER VIII HENRY V. AND HIS CHANTRY
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CHAPTER IX THE WARS OF THE ROSES AND THE THIRD
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CHAPTER X THE ABBEY AND THE REFORMATION
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CHAPTER XI IN THE CHAPEL OF HENRY VII.
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CHAPTER XII FROM THE STUARTS TO OUR OWN TIMES
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PART II AMONG THE MONUMENTS CHAPTER XIII PURITANS AND CAVALIERS IN THE ABBEY
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CHAPTER XIV CHAUCER
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CHAPTER XV SPENSER, ADDISON, AND THE POETS' CORNER
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CHAPTER XVI GARRICK, JOHNSON, AND SHERIDAN
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CHAPTER XVII THE MUSICIANS IN THE ABBEY
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CHAPTER XVIII WILBERFORCE AND HIS FELLOW-WORKERS
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CHAPTER XIX PITT AND THE STATESMEN'S CORNER
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CHAPTER XX
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CHAPTER XXI DICKENS, BROWNING, AND TENNYSON
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CHAPTER XXII A LAST WANDER AROUND