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...abroad. But English antiquity and especially English medievalism mattered enormously to him. They were the meat and milk of his imagination. Even if we didn't know that James Basire, the engraver to whom his father apprenticed him, had sent him to study and draw the monuments of Westminster Abbey, we could see how deeply the form-language of medieval art penetrated a marvelous watercolor like Christ in the Sepulchre, Guarded by Angels, circa...
...back, stroll along the waterfront past the 17th century house where Lord Byron in 1816 wrote The Prisoner of Chillon, a poem commemorating the imprisonment in 1530 of François de Bonnivard, prior of the Abbey of St. Victor. The 13th century Chillon Castle is at the lake's eastern end, a pleasant 90-minute steamboat trip from Ouchy. The boats leave from the central dock, but the schedule is seasonal so when there call 0848-811-848 for information...
...Antonello and Gianpiero Girardi would like $250,000 to expand their tiny website concern aimed at Sardinian tourists, but they have already been turned down by 10 venture capital funds. And in London, Niko Komninos and E. David Anstee, co-founders of ihavemoved.com, sit in their offices behind Westminster Abbey and mull over how to secure $9 million in expansion money for their site, which helps people who are changing residences notify utilities and other service providers electronically. Potential investors are holding out for as long as they can. "They're squeezing us," says Anstee. "They know...
...Tigers cut the lead to one on an Abbey Fox goal near the start of the third period, but Northeastern sealed the victory on an empty netter with three seconds left...
...presentation included a number of video clips, as well as interviews with McCartney, Harrison, Starr and Martine himself talking about the insanity, occasionally drug-induced, of the Abbey Road Studios during the recording sessions for the Sgt. Pepper album...