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...think of gardens; but York Minster will not be satisfied with less than an autumnal woodland, where the trees stand in clumps, with grassy levels about them, and with spacious openings to the sky, that let in the colored evening light. You could not get lost in it, for it was so free of all such architectural undergrowth as cumbers the perspectives of some cathedrals;...

...think of this Relation [of Holmes’s], and if the said Captain seems a sincere man whom one can absolutely trust. For it must be said that I am amazed that the clocks were sufficiently accurate to allow him by their means to find such a tiny island [as Fuego]. On 6 March, Huygens was still pressing Moray for ‘something of the detail of what you have learned from Mr...

...thinking about language. Firstly, however, some useful ‘tools of the trade’ – you'll take a look at some vital foundations of English grammar. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 2 study in English Language...Exploring the English language: Learning Outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand how the English language has...

...system, this wall is the most tendentious. In the bottom right corner it depicts: campesinos (tenant farmers) labouring in a field under the watchful eyes of armed overseers; two murdered campesinos above them, one hanged for being a communist and the other for being an agrarian reformer; fascist-looking police suppressing a strike; above that a worker addressing a crowd;...

...think it means when applied to Ancient Greek and Latin? Jot down your thoughts in the box below. Discussion Your answer will no doubt differ from the one below, but you might have noted that the word ‘classical’ can be used to describe some of the following: something old and traditional that has stood the test of time (and is, we might say, ‘timeless’) an...