It is of an octagon
form, supported by pillars, with seven stone seats round the sides for the
electors, and one in the centre for the emperor.
M.H.G.
[The woodcuts of this work deserve especial commendation, being
accurate representations of objects of historical interest, instead of
the imaginative illustrations too often introduced into works which
claim to represent the truth of history. Many of the engravings, such
as that of the _room in which the Council of Constance was held_, and
the _Cages of the Anabaptists_ attached to the tower of _St. Lambert's
Church, Munster_, are, we have understood, copied from original
sketches placed at Mr. Murray's disposal for the purpose of being used
in the work in question.]
_Mrs. Tempest_ (Vol. ii., p. 407.).--This lady was one of the two daughters
of Henry Tempest, Esq., of Newton Grange, Yorkshire (son of Sir John
Tempest of Tong Hall, who was created a baronet in 1664), by his wife
Alathea, daughter of Sir Henry Thompson of Marston, co. York. She died
unmarried in 1703. As the Daphne of Pope's pastoral "Winter," inscribed to
her memory, she is celebrated in terms which scarcely bear out the remark
of your correspondent, that the poet "has no special allusion to her.
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