The castles and abbeys of England, Volum 1George Virtue, 1844 - 10 pàgines |
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Pàgina 80
... of Offa , king of the Mercians , about twenty great monasteries had been established in Eng- land , with nearly the same number of episcopal sees . Of the latter , several were not conjoined with the former ; the general design of both ...
... of Offa , king of the Mercians , about twenty great monasteries had been established in Eng- land , with nearly the same number of episcopal sees . Of the latter , several were not conjoined with the former ; the general design of both ...
Pàgina 81
... Offa set out in quest of those sacred relics , which had now been entombed upwards of five hundred years ... Offa , the body of the English martyr was found , together with some relics , in a wooden coffin , at the very spot where he had ...
... Offa set out in quest of those sacred relics , which had now been entombed upwards of five hundred years ... Offa , the body of the English martyr was found , together with some relics , in a wooden coffin , at the very spot where he had ...
Pàgina 82
... Offa engaged to levy an annual tax upon his subjects , amounting to one penny in every thirty , as a tribute to the sec of Rome - a tribute which was long rigorously exacted and faithfully paid by Offa and his successors under the name of ...
... Offa engaged to levy an annual tax upon his subjects , amounting to one penny in every thirty , as a tribute to the sec of Rome - a tribute which was long rigorously exacted and faithfully paid by Offa and his successors under the name of ...
Pàgina 83
... Offa , on his pilgrim - march , And proudly points the moulder'd stone Of the high vaulted porch beneath , Where Norman beauty. THE NAVE OF THE ABBEY CHURCH, showing the Saxon (or Norman) Gothic Arches, the Great West Window, HERMAN EVANS.
... Offa , on his pilgrim - march , And proudly points the moulder'd stone Of the high vaulted porch beneath , Where Norman beauty. THE NAVE OF THE ABBEY CHURCH, showing the Saxon (or Norman) Gothic Arches, the Great West Window, HERMAN EVANS.
Pàgina 94
... Offa and his queen , The portal's guard and grace , are scen . ST . ALBANS . ] THE GATEHOUSE AND ABBEY - 94 [ ABBEY OF CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND .
... Offa and his queen , The portal's guard and grace , are scen . ST . ALBANS . ] THE GATEHOUSE AND ABBEY - 94 [ ABBEY OF CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND .
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The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early ..., Volum 1 William Beattie Visualització completa - 1851 |
The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early ..., Volum 1 William Beattie Visualització completa - 1844 |
The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early ... William Beattie Visualització completa - 1843 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 118 - Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare ; Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast : Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Pàgina 62 - Jockey of Norfolk, be not too bold, For Dickon thy master is bought and sold.
Pàgina 117 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Pàgina 248 - ... by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.
Pàgina 232 - ... Castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that Elizabeth might enter the Castle by a path hitherto untrodden, instead of the usual entrance to the northward, over which he had erected a gate-house or barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent and superior in architecture, to the baronial castle of many a northern chief.
Pàgina 67 - To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go. Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.
Pàgina 66 - They close in clouds of smoke and dust, With sword-sway and with lance's thrust; And such a yell was there, Of sudden and portentous birth, As if men fought upon the earth, And fiends in upper air: Oh!
Pàgina 104 - Monks, and Jargon-teaching Schools, Led forth the true Philosophy, there long Held in the Magic Chain of Words and Forms, And Definitions void: he led Her forth, Daughter of Heaven! that, slow-ascending still, Investigating sure the Chain of Things, With radiant Finger points to Heaven again.
Pàgina 4 - ... it bears a noble countenance. To the feudal law it is owing that the very names of right and privilege were not swept away, as in Asia, by the desolating hand of power. The tyranny which, on every favourable moment, was breaking through all barriers, would have rioted without control, if, when the people were poor and disunited, the nobility had not been brave and free. So far as the sphere of feudality extended, it diffused the spirit of liberty and the notions of private right.
Pàgina 77 - My lord, your father would have gone further :" to which the duke answered, " Your majesty's father was the better man, and he would not have gone so far.