Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 226
n front Stratford-on-Avon 191 of the house, ornamented with a grass-plot, shrubs, andflower-beds. The gateway is in imitation of the ancientbarbican; being a kind of outpost, and flanked bytowers ; though evidently for mere ornament, insteadof defence. The front of the house is completely in theold… … by a gilt ball and weathercock. The Avon, which winds through the park, makes a bend just at the foot of a gently sloping bank, which sweeps down from the rear of the house. Large herds of deer were feeding or reposing upon its borders; and swans were sailing majestically upon its bosom. As I…
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