 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 324 էջ
...library, which, like the statue in the Castle of Otranto, had grown " too big for what contained it." We entered by a central door the large and lofty hall,...and biped, all as large as life, spread over as much canvass as would make a mainsail for a man-of-war. These huge perpetrations are of the time of Jack... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1834 - 312 էջ
...figured in them, famous hunters, quadruped and biped, all as large as life, spread over as much canvass as would make a mainsail for a man-of-war. These huge...Spencer, a noted Nimrod in his day ; and are very fine, as we were told, but they did not interest me. I had caught a glimpse of the superb staircase,... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson, Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1839 - 336 էջ
...library, which, like the statue in the Castle of Otranto, had grown " too big for what contained it." We entered by a central door the large and lofty hall,...and biped, all as large as life, spread over as much canvass as would make a mainsail for a man-of-war. These huge perpetrations are of the time of Jack... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson - 1858 - 524 էջ
...library, which, like the statue in the Castle of Otranto, had grown " too big for what contained it." We entered by a central door the large and lofty hall,...Spencer, a noted Nimrod in his day ; and are very fine, as we were told, but they did not interest me. I had caught a glimpse of the superb staircase,... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1858 - 520 էջ
...library, which, like the statue in the Castle of Otranto, had grown " too big for what contained it." We entered by a central door the large and lofty hall,...perpetrations are of the time of Jack Spencer, a noted Kimrod in his day ; and are very fine, as we were told, but they did not interest me. I had caught... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1859 - 516 էջ
...library, which, like the statue in the Castle of Otranto, had grown " too big for what contained it." We entered by a central door the large and lofty hall,...Jack Spencer, a noted Nimrod in his day ; and are veryfine, as we were told, but they did not interest me. I had caught a glimpse of the superb staircase,... | |
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... arts. The house retains the form described by Evelyn —that of a half H : a slight irregularity is caused by the new gothic room, built by the present earl, to contain part of his magnificent library, which, like the statue in the Castle of Otranto,... 