. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. S. rid shadows. It is not strange that Oxford, the quiet valley ! hidden even to the bases of its pinnacles, spires, and towersin ancient s, through which glide the waters of the Thames, should still preserve traditions of the wonder-working i^ifts of its . philosophers, whom ignorance associated with the magical art9and regarded as more than men. It is related that two old Oxford monks made a head of brass that it These wise monks dis-covered from their wonder-ful books (the like of whichare not now to he found inany of the twe
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. S. rid shadows. It is not strange that Oxford, the quiet valley ! hidden even to the bases of its pinnacles, spires, and towersin ancient s, through which glide the waters of the Thames, should still preserve traditions of the wonder-working i^ifts of its . philosophers, whom ignorance associated with the magical art9and regarded as more than men. It is related that two old Oxford monks made a head of brass that it These wise monks dis-covered from their wonder-ful books (the like of whichare not now to he found inany of the twenty Coll<that if they were able tomake a head of brass thatCould speak, and if theycould hear it speak within amonth, they would be giventhe power to surround Eng-land with a magic wall ofbrass. So they studied theirfolios, and found out thechemistry of making thewonderful head. They listened to hear itthrei 5, and then became irresistibly sleepy. So they intrus rvant to listen, and to wake them if the statue should begin to \\ well asleep, the head said,—. mi is.*1 i A VISIT TO OXFORD AND WOODSTOCK. 159 Time was. The servant, not knowing the secret of the monks, failed to awakethem as he had been ordered to do, and down came the figure with afearful crash; and England has remained without any other wall ofbrass than enters into an Englishmans composition to this day. CHAPTER XI. I ERS AM) EX( I RSIONS.
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