. Walks in London . j»iffi»iaTl- Staple Inn, the reign of Henry V., and since the time of Henry VIII,has been a dependency of Grays Inn. Behind the most ancient part of Holborn, where certain gabledhouses some centuries of age still stand looking on the public way, as ifdisconsolately looking for the Old Bourne that has long since rundry, is a little nook composed of two irregular quadrangles, calledStaple Inn. It is one of those nooks, the turning into which out ofthe clashing street imparts to the relieved pedestrian the sensation ofhaving put cotton in his ears, and velvet soles o
. Walks in London . j»iffi»iaTl- Staple Inn, the reign of Henry V., and since the time of Henry VIII,has been a dependency of Grays Inn. Behind the most ancient part of Holborn, where certain gabledhouses some centuries of age still stand looking on the public way, as ifdisconsolately looking for the Old Bourne that has long since rundry, is a little nook composed of two irregular quadrangles, calledStaple Inn. It is one of those nooks, the turning into which out ofthe clashing street imparts to the relieved pedestrian the sensation ofhaving put cotton in his ears, and velvet soles on his boots. It is oneof those nooks where a few smoky sparrows twitter in smoky trees, asthough they called to each other, let us play at country; and where STAPLE INN, 97 • lew feet of garden mould and a few yards of gravel enable them to dothat refreshing violence to their tiny understandings. Moreover it isone of those nooks which are legal nooks; and it contains a little hall,with a Uttle lantern in its roof: to what obstructive purposes devot
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