Wulf the Saxon
G. A. Henty
- The
- great
- Abbey
- of
- Westminster
- was
- approaching
- its
- completion;
- an
- army
- of
- masons
- and
- labourers
- swarmed
- like
- bees
- upon
- and
- around
- it,
- and
- although
- differing
- widely
- in
- its
- massive
- architecture,
- with
- round
- Saxon
- windows
- and
- arches,
- from
- the
- edifice
- that
- was
- two
- or
- three
- generations
- later
- to
- be
- reared
- in
- its
- place,-
- to
- serve
- as
- a
- still
- more
- fitting
- tomb
- for
- the
- ashes
- of
- its
- pious
- founder,
- -
- it
- was
- a
- stately
- abbey,
- rivalling
- the
- most
- famous
- of
- the
- English
- fanes
- of
- the period...
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