The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early Chronicles, and Other Standard Authors : Illustrated by Upwards of Two Hundred Engravings, Volum 2Virtue, Spalding, 1851 - 362 pàgines |
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... walls , as if to prop their decay , the traveller halts at some monastic ruin ; and , amid the crumbling fragments of its lofty arches , its richly - carved windows , shafts , and capitals , dwells with a deep and melancholy interest on ...
... walls , as if to prop their decay , the traveller halts at some monastic ruin ; and , amid the crumbling fragments of its lofty arches , its richly - carved windows , shafts , and capitals , dwells with a deep and melancholy interest on ...
Pàgina 6
... walls , and moss - clad ramparts , carry us back to the Norman Conquest , and fill an ample page in its subsequent history . The present structure , on a Roman or Saxon foundation , is ascribed to William Fitzosborne , Earl of Hereford ...
... walls , and moss - clad ramparts , carry us back to the Norman Conquest , and fill an ample page in its subsequent history . The present structure , on a Roman or Saxon foundation , is ascribed to William Fitzosborne , Earl of Hereford ...
Pàgina 8
... wall , so low that a man might walk into it . The soldiers in the castle , perceiving that we were like to make a breach , cried out to our soldiers that they would yield the castle , and many of them did attempt to come away . I caused ...
... wall , so low that a man might walk into it . The soldiers in the castle , perceiving that we were like to make a breach , cried out to our soldiers that they would yield the castle , and many of them did attempt to come away . I caused ...
Pàgina 13
... walls and outworks , present the remains of all that ancient art could effect to render it im- pregnable . The grand entrance is defended by two circular towers of unequal propor- tions , with double gates , portcullises , and a port ...
... walls and outworks , present the remains of all that ancient art could effect to render it im- pregnable . The grand entrance is defended by two circular towers of unequal propor- tions , with double gates , portcullises , and a port ...
Pàgina 15
... wall [ arches of construction ] , which indicate a higher antiquity than the general decorations of the castle . " the twenty years ' prison of Henry Marten , whose. The Keep is another object which the tourist will regard with interest ...
... wall [ arches of construction ] , which indicate a higher antiquity than the general decorations of the castle . " the twenty years ' prison of Henry Marten , whose. The Keep is another object which the tourist will regard with interest ...
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The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early ..., Volum 2 William Beattie,William Henry Bartlett Visualització completa - 1844 |
The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early ..., Volum 2 William Beattie Visualització de fragments - 1842 |
The Castles and Abbeys of England: From the National Records, Early ..., Volum 2 William Beattie,William Henry Bartlett Visualització de fragments - 1844 |
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