ISBN: 9781437218237

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:"And holy Durham's Minster fair A crown of yellow rays did wear. And we beheld with rapture there, By sunset's powers Transfigured In the radiant air The two west towen." F.W. Fader. From whatever quarter the stranger approaches the City of Durham, its appearance is sufficiently striking. In our Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:"And holy Durham's Minster fair A crown of yellow rays did wear. And we beheld with rapture there, By sunset's powers Transfigured In the radiant air The two west towen." F.W. Fader. From whatever quarter the stranger approaches the City of Durham, its appearance is sufficiently striking. In our judgment however the view presented to the traveller as he enters from the North is perhaps the most imposing. The Cathedral and Castle here form a combination not easily equalled; each rising, massive and lofty, from among the dim woods which clothe to the river's edge the rock on which they stand. And, were we asked to fix a time when the scene could best be ' visited aright,' it should be towards the close of a summer's day, while a farewell gleam of evening light is yet lingering in the sky and gilding the pinnacles of the western towers, its shadows, at the same time, deepening into obscurity the foundations of the old heavy pile, and giving depth of effect to every coign and buttress of its massy walls: all the incongruities which might offend the eye in the broad glare of day being harmoniously blended and lost under the mellowing hues of approaching twilight. At such an hour, and for such a scene, we would pause a moment, before passing the ancient bridge which Bishop Flambard chapter{Section 4built over the Wear, and which still forms the entrance from the North to the City of Durham. Crossing this, and passing up the narrow street called Silver Street, which leads to the Market Place, weproceed towards the Cathedral. On our way thither, not many years ago would have been seen an old and venerable remnant of the defences of the Castle, namely the outer gate at the head of Sadler Street, built by Bishop Langley in the year 1417. For some time it was occupie. Books, Literary Collections~~General, Sketches-of-Durham~~George-Ornsby, 999999999, Sketches Of Durham, George Ornsby, 1437218237, Kessinger Publishing Company, , , , , Kessinger Publishing Company<

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