| 1prebendaries: honorary canons--or for that matter any
clergyman receiving an honorarium for serving in the
church. graziers: ranchers; cattle-grazers. those modern improvements which have of late become common throughout England: probably a reference to the Victorian gothic effort to restore and at the same time modernize ancient ecclesiastical fabrics--a widespread fad during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Thomas Hardy ( 18401- 1928) was engaged in this sort of work as a young man. It was part of the aftermath of the Oxford Movement as well as of the gothic revival; a number of eighteenth-century churches were 'improved' in an attempt to make them look gothic. Many architectural historians have deplored this late Victorian mania for 'modernizing'--nor does Trollope, who apparently uses the phrase 'modern improvements' ironically here, seem enthusiastic about them. In The Mayor of Casterbridge ( 1886), however, Hardy refers to eighteenth-century architecture as 'a compilation rather than a design' (ch. 21). | |
| 3posting inns: inns where horses were changed for fast
carriages, especially those transporting the mail. farmers' ordinary: a tavern or eating house serving meals to all at a fixed price. to beat up wine: to mix by stirring, or whip up. chancel: that part of a church lying east of the nave, including choir and sanctuary. | |
| 4Ribston pippins: apples especially popular in the nineteenth century, grown from seedlings rather than cuttings. | |
| 5coverts: hiding places affording cover for game. Hurlingham: an exclusive social and sports club (still extant) in Fulham, London. those who go out with the hounds: that is, those who hunt foxes. | |
| 8Brasenose: Brasenose College, Oxford. Quieta non movere: the Latin equivalent of Sir Robert |
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Publication information:
Book title: The American Senator.
Contributors: Anthony Trollope - Author, John Halperin - Editor.
Publisher: Oxford University Press.
Place of publication: Oxford.
Publication year: 1998.
Page number: 559.
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