BY W. TEIGNMOUTH SHORE PAINTED BY W. BISCOMBE GARDNER · PUBLISHED BY ADAM & CHARLES BLACK SOHO SQUARE · LONDON · W. As we stand upon the summit of Bell Harry Tower--more happily called the Angel Steeple--of Canterbury Cathedral, looking down upon city and countryside, much of the history of England lies spread beneath our feet: the Britons were at work here before the Romans came marching with their stolid legions; here to Ethelbert, Saxon King of Kent, St Augustine preached the gospel of Christ; in the church below, Becket was murdered and the Black Prince buried; to this city, to the shrine of St Thomas, came innumerable pilgrims, one of them our first great English poet; then the crash o…
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