[2] As our train passed Chartres an exceedingly coarse conversation between drummers broke into a pæan to the beauty of the cathedral.
[3] I do not make myself responsible for the statement that these restorations are photographically exact, but at least on the old lines it has been possible to erect perfect examples of Norman architecture.
[4] The gentler element in Norse mythology enters into it long after the eleventh century and is probably a reflection from Christianity.
[5] Property of Trinity College, Dublin.
[6] A ‘document’ is an instrument on which is recorded, by means of letters, figures, or marks, matter which may be evidentially used.—F. Wharton, Law of Evidence.
Transcriber’s Notes:
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