The book of sun-dials; originally compiled by the late Mrs. Alfred Gatty; now enl. and re-edited by H. K. F. Eden and Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
Gatty, Alfred, Mrs., 1809-1873, Eden, Horatia K. F. Gatty, Lloyd, Eleanor, Evans, Lewis · London, G. Bell · leaf 287
. in a monogram are alsoengraved on the face. 277. Errar puo il fadbro Errar puo il ferro lo MAI NGN ERRO. The maker may errThe iron may errI never err. At Graglia in Piedmont. 278. EPXETAT TAP NTH. For the night eomcth. A sketch of this dial was made by the collector (Mrs. Gatty) atAbbotsford in… … ABBOTSFORD. motto had been a j)rophecy ; for the dials work was over, shice it couldhenceforth record nothing, except that the night was coming—which, indeed, had come as if in mockery of itself.One could not help thinking further of thenight that came down upon Abbotsford whenits illustrious…
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