, 1873-12-07

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Ino rIcioat aud most oxtonnivo Of at tho Or
ford eollosoH is
U1tn1BT CHURCH.,
Rnd to tllat VIC took our wny This suporb str,,c-
turo, "at oncc Cathedral and College," owos
itH foundation to the "King. Cardinal." Wolscy,
WHO folt no dcop an anxiety nhout It's completion
that, in tho nst Of Ills trala. .e cnsnost1y begged
the kng to lot tho work 60 on. 10 thlH college
md 10 Trinity College, Cambridge, resort all tho
Princes mud noblos Of Great Ditatn who slcHro
liberal education and from this foundation hayo
gone forth long limo Of iliuHtrous stateamou.
who haYo found no auperiors In tho Iollao Of
Commons III aohoarship, ooquonco, or ability.
-Four great religious movements hsyo had tllor
origin in Tits establishments ,-Wyckiffs's iu the
fourteenth century, Janos tho Seconds In tho
seventeenth, Wesloys and WhitAell's III tho
eighteenth and DR., pusoy'a III the ninotoonth.
Nothing can bo'noro imposing than tho exterior
Of this college; its long front Of 400 foot, with
Its tnfrcta and balustra,los, I'LL tho MUD Rt once
with idoas Of amplitude, magninconco, aud posor.
Through tho grand GATEWAY, nbovo Which, In tile
hcauttful cupon which crowns It, langs the
bell
'anEAT TON,
weighing 1000 pounds, you entcr the largest
quadrangle Tor "qual y III Oxfor1 Tho bell,
VIC may say In rnasiug, originally hung In Osnoy
Abbey cnmpanillo, "tho largest and loutlcst Of
Osncy bo!ls !" aud, rs Milton wrote nia I'll rcn-
scroHo" within four miles Of Oxford, it s eup-
posed TINT 1t WIS tho sound Of "rom," botuo
over tile watora In time OF hood tlat lie Ind
III mind when ho wrote the famous musical
limos,
Over eome widc-~aterc1 shore.
Swinging slow with Brlteu ruar.
Tho buildings Of tlliB, "a of all tho coll
legoB. form B1llnre, or solios Of squares, with
genorally groom lawn in tho centro, sometimes
Il reservoir aud fountain haro md there trcoB
IRE planted, and sometimes tho walls are COM
pletcly covered NTH ivy. After fow adniring
glances at tho "qua]r," we Witt
THE HALL,
a magnificent room, among tho finest In Europe.
1t is 1l5 feet long aud 90 foet high. and has u
roof Of Irish oaA, carved aud decorated in tho
most elaborate mapnor, md adorned With nearly
800 armorial bearings of tho two founders,
Cardinal Wolsoy and Henry VIII. Tho walls on
both sides nro lined With portraits Of tho 6ono-
factors Of tho college, oyor 100 in number. and
nil spocimoua OF tho bost masters. 1Iolbcin,
Lo1Y. fandyEo, uogarll, Naphacl. Reynolds, and
many other urtists hardly less celebrated, have
contributed to the riches Of this gallery. Though
thtoo to four centuries old, the Hall has uono of
the dust or decay Of age, but looks as frcBh aud
bright At if flushed but yesterday. ncro tho
scholars OF Chriat Church dino; tho Poors,
Dean, and cauons occupying the raised dais ut
tho upper end. the Masters anil Bachelors tho
ai1e-tnblcs. and the undergraduates tho lower
eua of the hall. Here uoury WILL, Edward
VI, 1anaoa l., Charles l.. and other
English Kings aud Queens, haYo boon
,tnrto of 5.r;+t
quota; hero Handcl, tho great composer gave
concerts; horo. In Juuo, 1914, tho Allied
Hovoroigns, with Bluchor, 1iosternich, aud d
host OF other ceobritios,-9oo persons in ALL
Eas down to priucoly feast. It is rotated t4at,
on ono occasion. whom comedy founded on
Chaucor's palamon mud Ariete :" was played
here before Elizabeth, a cry Of hounds belonging
to ThcseYs was 10 we'll oou,nserloited in the
quadrangle that Tie students were soizcd with
sudden transport, whe1oat Hor Majesty cried
out % oxcollont these boys, in very troth, aro
roady to leap out OF tho windows to follow tho
lounds.' At d play which WAS exhibited he1e
for the entertainment Of Prince Alasco, In 1883,
tho learned mon browed storm tint, as IN
antquary aalrms, WAS Ivory strange to tho bo-
holders" Tho pioco was the tragedy OF
Dido;" and, in tho tempest whcl, drove
Eucaa and Dido into the caye, It rained smaN
com0tB. and roBe-wator, aud snew artificial snow
(of sugar)!"
Bcsides this gallery Of portraits the college
has in tic Library building another splendid
collection Of paintings cLioily Of Italian schools,
somo Of them belonging to the o1les. periods Of
Italian art.
Ia beautiful apartment, 142 feet By 80 fcet and
81 high. Tho ceiling is richly ornamonted With
delicate stucco work, and the wainscoat a,d pil-
lara arc Of tho finest Norway oak. It ia full of
literary treasures aud cusiositles, and adorned
with antique statues aud busts. II tic visitor
has time, he should take poop into
THE KITCHEN,
and eco good specimen OF an old English
cooking-room. Hero he will ace hugo grid
iron moved on wheels, ~ feet long by 1 feot
wide, uHcd before tho introduction of spits and
ranges, aud npou wllicl who'll bullock might
hive boou broilod ~ easily ns siuglo steak at
ono Of tho ranGea Of these degenerate days.
LoaYing this unlquo cuisine, we next proceed to
tho magnificent Cathedral. now
THE CHAPEL OF THE COLLEGE,
but originally tho priory Church OF st. Fridos- !
wide. 10 dosoribo fully this flno building, which
III cr''cform 154 feot in length, would require
m entlre articlo. Tie beauty Of tho choir, with
the massive Saxon pillars on each sido aud tue
double arches sprinsinG from thoir capitals,
through the air. and meeting In tho ce.,tro tho
solid archcs Of the ceiling, with Its rich pendants,
Ii such as to bafllo description. Tho Cathedral
IL rich In altar-tombs. illuminated windows, and
OF rare workmanship az wotl ~ great
antiquity, y,-among wlcl, are TINT Of that prodigy
Of uut-of-tho- learning no|ert Diirton, tho
author OF 3" Tho Anatomy Of Melancholy" aud |