 At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out of the pieces of glass which had been rejected by his master. It is so far superior to every other in the church, that, according to the tradition, the vanquished...  Southern Literary Messenger - Page 2931856Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pages
...changes. But with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. nare r 2 scornfully thrown behind them, in a manner •which may well excite their envy. He has constructed... | |
 | Louis Raymond Véricour - 1848 - 490 pages
...store of very excellent materials. We have read — and the anecdote is well known — that, at the Lincoln Cathedral, there is a beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out of pieces of glass rejected by his master. It is so far superior to every other in the church, that, according... | |
 | 1850 - 396 pages
...pives to airy nothing A local habitation and а паше." Shakepeare. HDMBLK MRRIT SUCCESSFUL. — At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted...superior to every other in the church, that according to tradition, the vanquished artist killed himself from mortification. GOLDSMITH'S POETRT. — The peculiar... | |
 | 1852 - 780 pages
...changes. But with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted...every other in the church, that, according to the Tadition, the vanquished artist killed himsell from mortification. Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lineóle Cathedral there is a beautiful painted window, which...every other in the church, that, according to the 'radition, the vanquished artist killed himself from mortification. Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner,... | |
 | 1871 - 360 pages
...Backer. IT was pointed out by Lord Macaulay that in an English cathedral there is an exquisite stained window, which was made by an apprentice out of the pieces of glass rejected by his master, and it was so far superior to every other in the church, that, according to... | |
 | 1856 - 754 pages
...history of England, * * he would intersperse the details, which are the charm of historical romance. At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice out of pieces of glass which had been rejected by the master. * * Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner, has... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 770 pages
...intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lineóle Cathedral there is • beautiful painted window, which was made by an apprentice...every other in the church, that, according to the 'radition, the vanquished artist killed himsell from mortification. Sir Walter Scott, in the same manner,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 516 pages
...changes; but with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted...by his master. It is so far superior to every other ia the church, that, according to the tradition, the vanquished artist killed himself from mortification.... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 752 pages
...changes. But with these he would intersperse the details which are the charm of historical romances. At Lincoln Cathedral there is a beautiful painted...glass which had been rejected by his master. It is so fer superior to every other in the church, that, according to the *radition, the vanquished artist... | |
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