 Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages, that lead to nothing. Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls ; The seals and maces danc'd before him.  Curiosities of Law and Lawyers - Strana 388podľa James Paterson - 1896 - Počet stránok 790Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Samuel Dickson - 1845
...describe them as the triumphs of death over their own want of skill ; or,—in the words of Gray, " Rich windows that exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing !" Now, what has the most patient study of these done for Physic ? has it given us one new remedy,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - Počet stránok 142
...Hattons there Employ'd the pow'r of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each pannel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude...spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave lord-keeper led the brawls ; The seal and maces danced before him. His bushy beard, and shoe-strings... | |
 | William Howitt - 1847
...Hattons there Employed the power of fairy hands To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each pannel in achievements clothing, Rich windows that exclude...spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him My grave Lord Keeper led the brawls ; The seal and maces danced before him. His bushy beard, and shoe-strings... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847
...ancient pile of building stands : The Huntingdons and Hattons there Employ'd the power of fairy hands, To raise the ceiling's fretted height, Each panel...exclude the light, And passages that lead to nothing. GRAY. — War/on. piece owes more to that single pane than to all the glasses she ever consulted in... | |
 | Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1847 - Počet stránok 510
..." Long Story" on Stoke Pogeis, in Buckinghamshire. Referring to Sir Christopher Hatton, he says, " Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord Keeper led the brnwls, The Seals and maces danced before him." Lord Campbell states, that... | |
 | Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1847 - Počet stránok 510
..." Long Story" on Stoke Pogeis, in Buckinghamshire. Referring to Sir Christopher Hatton, he says, " Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave Lord Keeper led the brawls, The Scab and maces danced before him." Lord Campbell states, that... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1847
...day, knew, or cared to know of " the dancing Chancellor," as Hatton was irreverently denominated : — Full oft within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him ; Aly grave Lord-Keeper led the brawls, The seal and maces danced before him. • ' . His bushy beard... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847
...characters,) in his " Long Story," in wlih he so graphically describes the ancient seat of the HRous :— know. That you beat me at the mart, I have your hand to 16 If the bin, My grave Lord-keeper led the brands ; The seals and maces danced before him. His Inwhy beard,... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1848
...quoted for the sake of the allusion to Elizabeth's suspected passion for the handsome lawyer : — " Full' oft, within the spacious walls, When he had fifty winters o'er him, My grave lord-keeper led the brawls,' The seals and maces danced before him. His bushy beard, and shoe-strings... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - 1848 - Počet stránok 383
...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... | |
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