 ... the crumbling hand of time, and the ravages of tempests and the storms of ages. A dried fosse surrounded the building, on the banks of which many a garden flower grew, and tall elms now towered from the very bed ; convincing proof that it must have...  The Old Hall, Or, Our Hearth and Homestead - Page 8by John Mills - 1845Full view - About this book
 | George Etell Sargent - 1882 - 426 pages
...screwed and riveted together at equal distances throughout the massive walls, as if in defiance to the crumbling hand of time, and the ravages of tempests,...a long time ago since it had been applied for the purpose of defence. " In the centre was a stone porch, and from a deep groove cut in the coping-stone,... | |
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