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The more ancient tombs are also very numerous, and among them that of the Bishop who founded the cathedral. Within the screen, against the wall, is erected a monument, by Chantrey, to the Earl of Malmesbury; a full-length statue of the Earl in a half-recumbent position, holding an open volume and looking upward, a noble work, a calm, wise, thoughtful, firm, and not unbenignant face.
The more ancient tombs are also very numerous, and among them that of the Bishop who founded the cathedral. Within the screen, against the wall, is erected a monument, by Chantrey, to the Earl of Malmesbury; a full-length statue of the Earl in a half-recumbent position, holding an open volume and looking upward, a noble work, a calm, wise, thoughtful, firm, and not unbenignant face.
"Good-night, sir," said I: "accept my sincerest thanks." And we parted. The remembrance of his countenance, which I am sure wore a light not unbenignant to the friendless the sound in my ear of his voice, which spoke a nature chivalric to the needy and feeble, as well as the youthful and fair were a sort of cordial to me long after. He was a true young English gentleman.
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