Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, A[lfred] H[enry], [from old catalog] ed · New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 166
dand exaggeratedas it certainly is,gives an idea ofthe effect pro-duced on his con-temporaries. Hewrites thus tothe Countess ofOssory : On Fridaywe went to see— oh, the palaceof palaces ! —and yet a palace sjiis crown, sjiis coronet, but suchexpense ! such taste ! such profusion ! and yet half an… … THE STATE BED 134 ®5tcrle^ pari? built by Sir Thomas Gresham ; but it is so improved and en-riched, that all the Percies and Seymours of Sion must die of envy. There is a double portico that fills the space between thetowers of the front, and is as noble as the Propyleum of Athens.There is a hall,…
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