Timbered House

Famous quotes containing the words timbered and/or house:

    “He saw the dark wainscot and timbered roof,
    The long tables, and the faces merry and keen;
    The College Eight and their trainer dining aloof,
    The Dons on the dais serene.”
    —Sir Henry Newbolt (1862–1938)

    “A man’s worst enemies are those
    Of his own house & family;
    And he who makes his law a curse,
    By his own law shall surely die.”
    —William Blake (1757–1827)