 | Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - 1848 - 426 pàgines
...there ? Then beware of them. Fine passages are mostly culs de sacs. For in books also does one see Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing. u. A writer is the only person who can give more than he has. It may be doubted however whether such... | |
 | Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pàgines
...are much like what I have been descril ing. Audley-inn, 2 one of the wonders of that age, deserve 1 " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing." GRAY'S Long Story. This description is given of Stoke Pogeis, Bucks, built by an Earl of Huntii don.—D.... | |
 | Galerie Georges Petit - 1849 - 538 pàgines
...much like what I have been describ ing. Audley-inn, 2 one of the wonders of that age, deservei 1 " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing." GRAY'S Long Story. This description is given of Stoke Pogeis, Bucks, built by an Earl of Huntin' don.—D.... | |
 | 1850 - 456 pàgines
...were erected in haste, and the interior accommodations were mostly ill-planned and inconvenient. " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing." The bay window formed a remarkable contrast to the narrow loopholes of earlier times. Large windows... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 492 pàgines
...Long Story.' The ' Ancient Pile" no longer stands to receive the homage of the poet's admirers. The " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing," are gone. About sixty years ago, the old house was, with the exception of one of the wings, pulled... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 688 pàgines
...alas, swept away^entirely), the scene of Gray's " long story," and longed for the restoration of its " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing," without being aware that the " grave Lord Keeper " had such arduous duties to perform : — " Full... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 600 pàgines
...alas, swept away entirely), the scene of Gray's "long story," and longed for the restoration of its " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing," without being aware that the "grave Lord Keeper" had such arduoua duties to perform : — " Full oft... | |
 | 1858 - 422 pàgines
...admiration. Unfortunately, like the architectural peculiarities of Gray's manor-honse, they too often prove " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing." We lose sight of the principal idea in the multitude and richness of its decorations ; it sinks, like... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 200 pàgines
...Huntingdons and Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height,2 Each pannel in achievements clothing. Rich windows...exclude the light, And passages, that lead to nothing. 1 In the 16th century, the house belonged to the Earls of Huntingdon, and to the family of Hatton.... | |
 | 1853 - 382 pàgines
...exception, to have been well described by Gray : " To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel in achievements clothing ; Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing." Some of the elaborate and genuine oak carving and delicate art of this period may still be seen at... | |
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In Britain's Isle, no matter where, An ancient pile of building stands : The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of Fairy hands To raise the cieling's fretted height, Each pannel in achievements cloathing, Rich windows that exclude the light,... 
