The castles and abbeys of England, Volum 1George Virtue, 1844 - 10 pàgines |
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Pàgina 15
... lord , or the culprit who had violated the laws , were shut up in miserable durance . Few have ever traversed that dreary vault without an involuntary shudder , as imagination conjured up the scenes of human agony that must have ...
... lord , or the culprit who had violated the laws , were shut up in miserable durance . Few have ever traversed that dreary vault without an involuntary shudder , as imagination conjured up the scenes of human agony that must have ...
Pàgina 20
... sulkily into a niche in the opposite wall , with a peculiar barking sound , very expressive of indignation and disappointment . CASTLE.J THE OWLS - THE LORD CHANCELLOR - THE KEEP. 20 ARUNDEL CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND .
... sulkily into a niche in the opposite wall , with a peculiar barking sound , very expressive of indignation and disappointment . CASTLE.J THE OWLS - THE LORD CHANCELLOR - THE KEEP. 20 ARUNDEL CASTLES AND ABBEYS OF ENGLAND .
Pàgina 21
... Lord Eidon - he's so very wise ! ' - the stranger was highly amused at finding a namesake under the ivy in Arundel Keep ; and we need scarcely add that the visitor was , in fact , the chancellor himself - the late venerable and learned Lord ...
... Lord Eidon - he's so very wise ! ' - the stranger was highly amused at finding a namesake under the ivy in Arundel Keep ; and we need scarcely add that the visitor was , in fact , the chancellor himself - the late venerable and learned Lord ...
Pàgina 24
... Lords , in which he details the progress of the siege in terms so characteristic of the times , that we cannot omit its insertion in this place : - " My Lords , According to your commands , I advanced the last Lord's day from Farnham to ...
... Lords , in which he details the progress of the siege in terms so characteristic of the times , that we cannot omit its insertion in this place : - " My Lords , According to your commands , I advanced the last Lord's day from Farnham to ...
Pàgina 25
... Lord , I am very weake in foote , and my horse so hackneyed out that they are ready to lie down under us . I expect Colonel Behre and Colonel Morley here this day . " The progress of the siege is too lengthy for detail in this place ...
... Lord , I am very weake in foote , and my horse so hackneyed out that they are ready to lie down under us . I expect Colonel Behre and Colonel Morley here this day . " The progress of the siege is too lengthy for detail in this place ...
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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.