The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829 Taylor, the water...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829

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Author: Various
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Language: English

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 389, September 12, 1829

Taylor, the water poet, or Samuel Ireland, the picturesque Thames tourist, could not, in all their enthusiasm of jingling rhymes and aquatint plates, have exceeded our admiration of Sion House. Its whitened towers and battlemented roof are known to all the swan-hopping and steam navigators of our day, and none who have floated Sion House stands in the parish of Isleworth, on the Middlesex bank of the Thames, and opposite Richmond gardens. It is called Sion from a nunnery of Bridgetines of the same name, originally founded at Twickenham, by Henry V. in 1414, and removed to this spot in 1432. This conventual association consisted of sixty nuns, the abbess, thirteen priests, four deacons, and eight lay brethren; the whole thus corresponding, in point of number, with the Apostles and seventy-two disciples of Christ. But the inmates were neither sinless nor spotless; many irregularities existed in the foundation, and consequently, Sion was among the first of the larger monastic institutions suppressed by Henry VIII. The estimated yearly value was 1,944l. 11s. 8-1/2d., now worth 38,891l. 14s. 2d. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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