The procession was swelled by choirs of boys, different religious orders and public dignitaries, and above all, by the fathers of the faith, moving "with slow pace, and profound gravity, truly triumphing as becomes the principal generals of that great victory."
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
England was somewhat later than France in introducing this style of architecture, our earliest purely Gothic building being Salisbury Cathedral, begun in 1220, although the choirs of Rievaulx and Fountains Abbey were commenced a few years earlier.
"Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them"
Sidney Heath
Does he talk of cherubs, angels and heavenly choirs?
"Theological Essays"
Charles Bradlaugh