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...found the soul of Bordeaux, that something which exists in every old city and distinguishes it from all other cities. He has the external features, the names of streets and parks, the jangling of old bells, the seasoned stone of the buildings, bridges and docks, and the "spire-shattered" sky. But frequently he seems to have been too busy being an imagist to be a poet as well. I do not mean to disparage imagism save when it becomes a conscious pose. Then it goes in search of the strange angle of vision, the unheard-of adjective, the interpretation...

Author: By W. A. Norris ., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 1/8/1917 | See Source »

Behind the bat Scannell has been playing his old steady game, and by his uniform good work has done much to in spire confidence in the rest of the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR VICTORIES; ONE DEFEAT. | 4/27/1896 | See Source »

Among the views of Exeter College were shown some of the college chapel, the architectural gem of the university, built in imitation of the Sainte Chapelle at Paris. An exquisite little view looking from Oriel Street out to the spire of St. Mary's Chapel led to various views of Merton and the famous Christ Church College. The lecture ended with a view of a boat race on the Cherwell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Cooke's Lecture. | 3/28/1891 | See Source »

...present cathedral was built during the period when Gothic architecture was in its prime. It is uniform in style and has a spire 404 feet in length, which is at least twenty inches out of plumb, due to the settling of some of the arches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Cooke's Lecture on English History. | 3/14/1891 | See Source »

...beauful air of repose which has endeared Gray's "Elegy" to the world. At the left of the picture is a separate scrap showing the sunny vine- covered side of Massachusetts Hall. "Cambridge on the Charles" is a wide view across the river marshes of the trees and spires of the town. The stream winds on unrippled in the sun and the drowsy shade is massed densely in the distance, while the square shoulders of Memorial Hall push up into the sky on the right. Low in the middle distance is the cupola of Hemenway Gymnasinm, and further...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Picturesque Cambridge. | 11/16/1887 | See Source »

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