. The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone;. tle that also is so representative ofEnglish history, at and since the Conquest, and so national incharacter that it, like the Tower, should not be described inany limited class of monuments, but as it is, a tout ensembleof almost every feature of the arts and institutions of thecountry for eight centuries, so far as any structure couldexpress them, and to the details of which it is a noble intro-duction. While the sterner power and the defensive skill ofthe government are chiefly and clearly shown at the Tower,the stateliest life of peace,
. The imperial island; England's chronicle in stone;. tle that also is so representative ofEnglish history, at and since the Conquest, and so national incharacter that it, like the Tower, should not be described inany limited class of monuments, but as it is, a tout ensembleof almost every feature of the arts and institutions of thecountry for eight centuries, so far as any structure couldexpress them, and to the details of which it is a noble intro-duction. While the sterner power and the defensive skill ofthe government are chiefly and clearly shown at the Tower,the stateliest life of peace, guarded indeed, is shown with asmuch distinctness at Windsor, and on a far grander scale andwith incomparably more magnificence and beauty. The ex-treme change in the architecture of the country from that ofthe Norman keep to that of the modern palace, with all thatthe change significantly shows, is revealed. The countlessstones, each of them in its place, do not need to bear letteredlines to present their record, obvious to all, that England, once. WINDSOR CASTLE. 85 the prize of foreign adventurers, has, by wise conservativeimprovement, grown to be the mistress of an empire ownedby millions, even to the gorgeous East whose almost countlesspeople, estimating power as it is shown by the amazing splendorof the art of India, look here to be impressed by the magnifi-cence and dignity of their crowned sovereign. Plain, calm, English strength, and charming English ruralbeauty everywhere surround the castle, and the times of discordand of terror that caused its huge keep to rise have passedaway from it, while a far truer, nobler empress than everRome gave Britain lives there secure in the affection andrespect of myriads who follow Brahma or Mahomet, as wellas the Cross. Windsor Castle ] stands on a commanding ridge above theThames, twenty-four miles westward from the Tower of London,and, with its three wards or courts, forms an oblong areameasuring nearly fifteen hundred feet from e
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