Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Memorials of Oxford, Vol. 2
Our honest antiquary and historian, Antony a Wood, is more than usually eloquent in his description of this college. He calls it the most noble and rich structure in the learned world in regard to its endowment, ex celling, in his opinion, all things considered, any society for secular scholars in Europe. He praises in the highest terms the buildings, the lofty pinnacles and turrets, the stately towers, the tunable and melodious ring of bells, the antique buttresses of the cloister, the chapel, the library, the grove and gardens, enclosed with an embat tled wall, the water-walks, as delectable as the banks of Eurotas, shaded with bay-trees, where Apollo himself was wont to walk, and sing his lays b. Indeed, to any person passing from such a thoroughfare as the High street, or turning from the busy scenes of the adjoining bridge, the contrast afforded by the solemnity of the cloister, and the seclusion of the grove, is truly gratify ing and extraordinary But, before we enter more in detail into the history and description of this foundation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
