Identifier: sundialsrosesofy00earl (find matches)
Title: Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
Subjects: Sundials Roses Rosicrucians
Publisher: New York London : Macmillan & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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osure is shown 66 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday which holds seven of one family, who died in sevendays. A very interesting and ancient sun-dial is onthe south porch of Lewannick Church, and with theCresset stone standing on the left of the porch, isdeemed somewhat of a curiosity. This church was « ill 1 ijb jH^ / ^ ^ t..^M jknn 1 1 ^^ f^^^^ l^^^^^^^ft m 1^^^ It-, ,: ■^■^wmmm • - ■ , :t^ ■-;.■. %^-^ fi!.;l ii«*S^i«*^-r f^^^^^!^^^^ Sun-dial on Chimney, Petersfield. about five miles from Lanceston, but has just beendestroyed by fire. Sun-dials were placed on many symbolical or sig-nificant structures. Among these is the curious oldtriangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire,a monument of the deep Trinitarian belief of SirThomas Tresham, a skilled architect of Elizabethsday. Its walls are covered with pious emblems andinscriptions. This lodge has three walls, three gableson each wall. On the central gable of each is asun-dial; on the first is the word Respicite; on the
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Cresset Stone and Dial on Lewannick Church, Lanceston, England. 68 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday Lux del vltce viam monstrat Sed utnbra horam atque fidem docet. THE LIGHT OF GOD SHOWETH THE WAY OF LIFE,BUT THE SHADOW BOTH TELLETH THE HOUR AND TEACH-ETH THE FAITH. The picture speaks to me many words besidesthose of its motto. It makes me think of theaged philosopher, Rowland G. Hazard, the most

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