Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . e. Sir Robert, however, who was a furious Jacobite, refused, although hiswife entreated him upon her knees to admit the King. He has already gotpossession of another mans house! He is a usurper. Tell him to go backagain. He shall not come within these walls, roared the irate Jacobite; andso Dutch William had to retire, to the acute agony of the loyal Lady Gayer. The glories of the old manor-house have long been shorn, and a portiononly of the building now remains. In that portion, however, there are one
Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial . e. Sir Robert, however, who was a furious Jacobite, refused, although hiswife entreated him upon her knees to admit the King. He has already gotpossession of another mans house! He is a usurper. Tell him to go backagain. He shall not come within these walls, roared the irate Jacobite; andso Dutch William had to retire, to the acute agony of the loyal Lady Gayer. The glories of the old manor-house have long been shorn, and a portiononly of the building now remains. In that portion, however, there are one ortwo interesting apartments, notably the fine panelled banqueting-hall. In addition to the Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College and theElegy, it was probably at Stoke that Gray wrote the Hymn to Adversityand the Long Story. Thus the village is associated with the best and mostmature of Grays few poems. His memory still further consecrates a localitymade classic by its literary and political memories—memories of Milton andWaller, of Burke and Beaconsfield. j.
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