Architectural Letters.
Reading edition
A,characteristic of Arundel.
S,”St. Albans.
E,”Eltham.
R,”Rochester.
T,”Tewkesbury.
K,”Kenilworth.
W,”Waltham.
C,”Carisbrooke.
N,”Netley.
De tout usage antique amateur idolâtre; De toute nouveauté frondeur opiniâtre; Homme d’un autre siècle, et ne suivant en tout Pour tou qu’un vieux honneur, pour loi que le vieux goût: Cerveau des plus bornés qui, tenant pour maxime Qu’un seigneur de paroisse est un être sublime!— On n’imagine pas combien il se respecte, Ivre de son château dont il est l’architecte.—Gresset, Le Châtelain.
—— Enraptured have I loved to roam, A lingering votary, the vaulted dome, Where the tall shafts, that mount in massy pride, Their mingling branches shoot from side to side; Where elfin Sculptors, with fantastic clew, O’er the long roof their wild embroidery drew; Where Superstition, with capricious hand, In many a maze the wreathed window plann’d, With hues romantic tinged the gorgeous pane, To fill with holy light the wondrous fane!
Designed by Lonsdale. Painted by Backler. Engraved by Allen.
Signing of the Magna Charta by King John.
FROM THE GREAT WINDOW OF THE BARONS HALL ARUNDEL CASTLE.
page 27.
LONDON, GEORGE VIRTUE.