 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 340 pàgines
...majesty and beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and tlje massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pàgines
...lordiv palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and seige, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt...and the 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... | |
 | 1821 - 504 pàgines
...majesty and beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...where beauty dealt the prize which valour won, all in now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the castle only... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pàgines
...castle were seen to rise in majesty and beauty. Of this lordly palace, where princes feasted, and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...rushy 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pàgines
...majesty and beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 406 pàgines
...majesty and beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...valour won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is bat a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 750 pàgines
...of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of «form and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where...is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy ewamp; and the massive ruins of the Castle only eerve to show what their splendour once was. anil to... | |
 | William Watson Waldron - 1841 - 124 pàgines
...perceive the rose. KENILWORTH CASTLE " This lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now f in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now...games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valor won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp, and the massy ruins of the... | |
 | William Beattie - 1842 - 398 pàgines
...ever figured in its tilts and tournaments. Of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought — now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, and where beauty dealt the prize which valour won — " all," says Sir Walter Scott, " all is desolate.... | |
 | 1843 - 506 pàgines
...cannot but add," says Sir Walter Scott, " that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...valour won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is now a rushy swamp, and the massy ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was,... | |
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The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the 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, and the happiness of those who enjoy a humble... 
