The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
Harrow-on-the-hill was a place of some consideration, even before the foundation of the scholastic establishment which now forms its principal boast. The Archbishops of Canterbury had an occasional residence here, in the centuries briefly succeeding the Norman Conquest; and th...
The most splendid painting in the gallery is No. 7, _The Departure of the Israelites out of Egypt_, by Mr. Roberts. In the performance of this work, the painter has evidently en...
1. Part 1Harrow-on-the-hill was a place of some consideration, even before the foundation of the scholastic establishment which now forms its principal boast. The Archbishops of Canterbu...
2. Part 2Four years had elapsed; we again met. My soul thrilled with delight in beholding, in contemplating, her perfections! How was that delight increased when I saw her countenance sh...
4. Part 4The marble vases now extant are, of course, comparatively few in number, and this is, perhaps, excepting the Medicean, the finest of them all. The best representations of it are...