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Oxford
Most of these chapters have been filled by a brief search into my recollections of Oxford. They aim, therefore, at recording my own impressions as faithfully as the resultant stir of fancy would allow. But I am also deeply and obviously indebted to several books, and in particular to the histories of Oxford by Parker, Maxwell Lyte, and Boase; to Mr. F. E. Robinsons series of College Histories; to Reminiscences of Oxford and its companion volumes from the Clarendon Press; and, above all the rest, to Anthony Wood, and to the Rev. Andrew Clarks perfect editions of that writers Life and Times, and of John Aubreys Brief Lives. The Editors of The Daily Chronicle, The Illustrated London News, and Cramptons Magazine have kindly given me permission to reprint a few pages from my contributions thereto. Passing rapidly through London, with its roar of causes that have been won, and the suburbs, where they have no causes, and skirting the willowy Thames,glassy or silver, or with engrailed grey wavesand brown ploughlands, elm-guarded, solitary, I approached Oxford. Nuneham woods made one great shadow on the land, one great shadow on the Thames. According to an old custom, it rained. But rain takes away nothing from Oxford save a few nice foot passengers. It transmutes the Franciscan habit of the city to a more Dominican cast; and if the foil of sky be faintly lighted, the rain becomes a visible beatitude. ......Buy Now (To Read More)
Ebook Number: 55918
Author: Thomas, Edward
Release Date: Nov 8, 2017
Format: eBook
Language: English
Illustrator: Fulleylove, John, 1847-1908
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