| Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pàgines
...massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...those gray and massive towers, when she first beheld tliem rise above the embowering and richly shaded woods, over which they seemed to preside. She, the... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 352 pàgines
...massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. V .-a ii.' uA.ii'i. -ii . T. . It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 350 pàgines
...massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...happiness of those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous content, ment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 414 pàgines
...the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far...the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and massive towers , when she first beheld them rise above the embowering and richly shaded woods... | |
| Walter Scott - 1824 - 434 pàgines
...massive ruins of the castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and .to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and massive towers, when she first beheld them rise above the embowering and richly shaded woods,... | |
| William Thomas Moncrieff - 1824 - 396 pàgines
...massive -ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment.'"* On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester continued to make K^nilworth his occasional residence,... | |
| 1833 - 310 pàgines
...swamp ; and the massive ruins of the castle only show what their splendour once was, and impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment." On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester made Kenilworth his occasional residence, till... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pàgines
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the...the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and massive towers, when she first beheld them rise above the embowering and richly shaded woods,... | |
| William Beattie - 1842 - 398 pàgines
...swamp, and the massive ruins of the Castle only show what their splendour once was ; and impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment." But from the picture of Kenilworth as it is, we return to those passages of ancient history which point... | |
| 1843 - 506 pàgines
...the massy ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions,...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment." LXI. LONDON TO BIRMINGHAM BY ST ALBANS, DUNSTABLE, DAVENTRY, AND COVENTRY. ON RIGHT FROM LOND. From... | |
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