| Albert Smith - 1851 - 326 pages
...grey, and so was the church tower. So also was tlie pedestal of tho sundial in the grave-yard, tliat mutely spoke its lesson on corroding time to all who...the church tower: and when that spoke it was but of l.lie newlv past, the fleeting present, or the call to the future Heaven. Hickory led his little companion... | |
| Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - Cheshire (England) - 1894 - 364 pages
...on corroding time to all who cared to heed it. And the old Grange with its mullioned windows and its ivy-covered gateway was the greyest of all ; there...by the Church and at last they stopped at a small hotel, with which he seemed to be well acquainted. There was yet light enough for the sign to attract... | |
| Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - Cheshire (England) - 1895 - 288 pages
...corroding time to all who cared to heed it. And the old Grange, with its mullioned windows and its ivy-covered gateway, was the greyest of all; there...could have given the information but the church tower; but when that spoke, it was but of the newly past, the fleeting present, or the call to the future... | |
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