Entrance to the Grammar-School, Norwich

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Entrance to the Grammar-School

S. Read

1868

Norwich

Source: the 1868 Illustrated London News

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The strangest change of all is that of the Grammar School of King Edward VI., once presided over by Dr. Valpy, whose digamma mysteriously affixed to his titlepages added a mystic awe to the other perplexities of the tyro, was originally the charnel-house of the cathedral. Truly, the dry bones meet, and the thought is wickedly suggested, though we are far from listening to so sacrilegious an inferenoe, that the site might have been granted os an appropriate domicile for the dead languages! But, amoto quæramus seria ludo—an admirable scheme adapted to modern requirements was some years ago obtained for the regulation of the school, and a branch establishment pleasantly situated on the outskirts of the city has been erected. [170]

Bibliography

"Leaves from a Sketchbook: Norwich." Illustrated London News 53 (1868): 169-70. Hathi Trust online version of a copy in the Princeton University Library. Web. 25 May 2021.

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