Timber Frame House

Famous quotes containing the words timber, frame and/or house:

    Green springs the tree, hemp grows, the wag is wild,
    But when they meet, it makes the timber rot;
    It frets the halter, and it chokes the child.
    Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    Faith, I have been a truant in the law,
    And never yet could frame my will to it,
    And therefore frame the law unto my will.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Yet the day wears,
    And door succeeds door;
    I try the fresh fortune—
    Range the wide house from the wing to the centre,
    Still the same chance! she goes out as I enter.
    Spend my whole day in the quest,—who cares?
    Robert Browning (1812–1889)