Jacobean Sentence Examples

It is a fine example of a Jacobean mansion, with a beautiful fountain in the middle of the court-yard.

The former royal palaces of Westminster and of Whitehall, of which the fine Jacobean banqueting hall remains, are described under Westminster.

It consists mainly of one broad street, in which a majority of the houses are Jacobean; those on the north side, which have projecting upper storeys, forming the colonnade commended in the Diary of Samuel Pepys for 1668.

Near the abbey is the picturesque Jacobean mansion of Fountains Hall.

It would not be difficult to show that the reaction in the i 8th century against literary and class affectation - however editorial and bookish it was in the choice of subjects and forms - was in reality a re-expression of the old themes in the old ways, which had never been forgotten, even when Middle Scots, Jacobean and early 18th-century verse-fashions were strongest.

It would be well-nigh impossible to exaggerate the services rendered to the ancient British tongue, and consequently to the national spirit of Wales, by these Elizabethan and Jacobean translations, issued in 1567, 1588 and 1620, which were able definitely to fix the standard of classical Welsh, and to embody the contending dialects of Gwynedd, Dyfed and Gwent for all time in one literary storehouse.

The Jacobean mansion of Hartwell in the neighbourhood of Aylesbury was the residence of the French king Louis XVIII.

The chancel contains some superb Jacobean carved oak screens, with stalls of earlier date.

A large nunnery, called St Augustine's Priory, was erected near the town in 1861; while eastward is the Jacobean Forde House, belonging to the earl of Devon, and visited by Charles I.

There are also some curious Jacobean almshouses.

Hall Place, which contains a fine Jacobean staircase and oak-panelled hall, is said to occupy the site of the dwelling-place of the Black Prince.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral, and I don't think Alex is going to ignore that!

We view the site of an underground prison, monastic foundations, a Jacobean Hall, a 16th gatehouse and an 18th century courthouse.

The hexagonal pulpit is of the Jacobean period with molded decoration on a decorated carved stone pedestal.

The south transept has a half-timbered gable with restored Jacobean carving.

Two miles southwest is Audley End, a magnificent Jacobean mansion owned by English Heritage.

In later years even great architect Inigo Jones was employed to produce lavish sets accompanied by various mechanical devices for the Jacobean masques.

He was also responsible for the creation of the elaborate court masques of the Jacobean period.

The entrance from the stair landing is of a heavy and sumptuous Jacobean style with thick tapering pilasters.

In which she is dressed in a stylish Jacobean trilby hat and a great neck ruff, which was the fashion of that time.

Pseudonyms would be necessary for all Elizabethan and Jacobean dramatists, if their work is measured for potential subversion.

Moreover, Heywood did something unique for his Jacobean tragedy.

Pond management and clearance of undergrowth in woodland in the grounds of a Jacobean Mansion with footpaths enabling full access to the public.

Jacobean plays, before Shakespeare, were particularly visceral, and I don't think Alex is going to ignore that !

What is called Jacobean architecture marks indeed an Arts, interesting stage in the transition from the Gothic style.