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closed his c a re e r, M arch 3. 1768. A legacy w as left by him for th e founding a C haplaincy o f L egation a t C openhagen. In the sm all chapel containing the sarco phagu s a ta b le t, placed by his friend M r. Weston, b ears an inscription to his m em ory. T h e rem ains o f the talented a u th o r o f a n Icelan dic-E nglish D ictionary, Richard Clcasby , Esqr . , a re also h e re deposited — cut off in the p rim e o f life w hen he h ad n early b ro u g h t his lab o rio u s task to its conclusion. T h is valuable w ork , the fruits o f an assiduous an d enthusiastic scho lar’s la b o rs , w ill, it is h o p e d , for the sake o f N o rth ern lite ratu re and the m em ory of the deceased, th ro u g h the exertions o f those w ho have u nd ertak en its com pletion, in a sh o rt tim e be published. Trinitatiskirke, Trinity , or, as it is som etim es called, the Round Church, situate a t the top o f K io bm ag e rg ad e , w as b uilt by C hristian IV . T he A ltar an d P u lp it are richly ornam ented w ith carved oak-w ood. B u t th a t w hich m ost m erits attentio n is the R ou nd T o w e r, 115 ft. h ig h , considered to be unique in E u ro p e , constructed from a p lan o f T ycho B ra h e ’s favorite disciple C hristopher L ong o- m o ntan us. It is ascended by a b road inclined spiral p la n e , u p w hich P e te r the G reat is said to have driven w ith his C o n so rt, C atharine, in a carriag e - a n d -fo u r — a fe a t, afte r a ll, o f no very difficult

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