| Henry Heathcote Statham - 1898 - 166 σελίδες
...American soil is the short sketch, in "Tales of a Wayside Inn," of the typical New England house : — " Built in the old Colonial day, When men lived in a...stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneasy floors, And chimneys huge, and tiled, and tall." In reality the " Old Colonial " house was in... | |
| John Wesley Freese - 1897 - 170 σελίδες
...THOMAS W. PARSONS. THEOLOGIAN .... PROF. TREADWELL, or REV. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW. ' As ancient is the hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in the old...Hobgoblin Hall Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather stains upon the wall, And stairways worn and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors, And... | |
| Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - 1898 - 410 σελίδες
...it seems, A place of slumber and of dreams, Remote among the wooded hills ! " And of the house — A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall, Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather-stains upon the wall, And chimneys huge, and tiled, and tall." He immediately resolved to make this old house, henceforth rechristened... | |
| Samuel Adams Drake - 1899 - 522 σελίδες
...traditions, proffers " entertainment to man and beast " as of yore. " As ancient is this hostelry As aiiy in the land may be, Built in the old Colonial day,...lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality." The name of the house was the Red Horse, and at the other end of the route, belonging to the same family,... | |
| Joel Cook - 1900 - 700 σελίδες
...woodbine hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. " As ancient is this hostelrie As any in the land may be. Built in the old Colonial...Hobgoblin Hall, Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors,... | |
| Joel Cook - 1900 - 642 σελίδες
...woodbine hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin. "As ancient is this hostelrie As any in the land may be. Built in the old Colonial...Hobgoblin Hall, Now somewhat fallen to decay, With weather stains upon the wall, And stairways worn, and crazy doors, And creaking and uneven floors,... | |
| Sons of the American Revolution. Rhode Island Society - 1900 - 476 σελίδες
...THE HOME OF COL. EZEKIEL HOW, lT4ti-17%. THE WAYSIDE INN AT SUDBURY, MASS. 1686-1M9. ' As ancient is this hostelry, As any in the land may be, Built in...lived in a grander way, With ampler hospitality." ***** • .4 ml half effaced by rain and shine The Red Hone prances on the sign." -("TALEs or TIIK... | |
| Nelson Wiley Evans, Emmons B. Stivers - 1900 - 1114 σελίδες
...These and some others will be further noticed in the township histories. A Wayside Inn. "As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be. Built in...Colonial day When men lived in a grande'r way. With ample hospitality ; A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall Now somewhat fallen to decay With weather stains upon... | |
| Nelson Wiley Evans, Emmons B. Stivers - 1900 - 1100 σελίδες
...These and some others will be further noticed in the township histories. A Wayalde Inn. "As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be, Built in...Colonial day When men lived in a grander way. With ample hospitality ; A kind of old Hobgoblin Hall Now somewhat fallen to decay With weather stains upon... | |
| Allen Herbert Bent - 1900 - 362 σελίδες
...structure, built by successive generations, the oldest part probably dating back more than two centuries. " Built in the old colonial day When men lived in a grander way With ampler hospitality." Behind it, on the slope toward the pond, which has recently become city property, was until 1897 a... | |
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