 ... inner court, and bearing in the names attached to each portion of the magnificent mass, and in the armorial bearings which were there blazoned, the emblems of mighty chiefs who had long passed away, and whose history, could Ambition have lent ear...  Kenilworth - Pàgina 74per Walter Scott - 1836Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Walter Scott - 1886 - 908 pàgines
...whose history, could Ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favorite, who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain. A large and massive ke.p, which formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain though great antiquity. It bore the... | |
 | William James Rolfe - 1888 - 204 pàgines
...chiefs who had lontr since nassed 170 QUEEN ELIZABETH AT KEN2LWORTH. 53 main. A large and massive keep,1 which formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain though great an- 175 tiquity. It bore the name of Caesar, perhaps from its resemblance to that in the Tower of London... | |
 | Alfred Rimmer - 1892 - 306 pàgines
...chiefs who had long passed away, and whose history, could ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favourite, who had now acquired...in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribe its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the Castle had its name, a Saxon king of Mercia.'... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 936 pàgines
...whose history, could Ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favorite who had now acquired, and was augmenting, the fair...in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribe its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon king of Mercia,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1899 - 348 pàgines
...whose history, could Ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favorite who had now acquired, and was augmenting, the fair...resemblance to that in the Tower of London so called. Old John of Gaunt, " time-honored Lancaster," had widely extended the castle, erecting that noble and... | |
 | J. Ivo Ball - 1906 - 128 pàgines
...a huge pile of castellated buildings, apparently of different ages, surrounding an inner court. ... A large and massive Keep, which formed the Citadel...Castle, was of uncertain, though great antiquity. . . . On the exterior walls frowned the scutcheon of the Clintons, by whom they were founded in the... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 236 pàgines
...whose history, could ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favorite, who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain....formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain tho great antiquity. It bore the name of Caesar, perhaps from its resemblance to that in the Tower... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 252 pàgines
...formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain tho great antiquity. It bore the name of C&sar, perhaps from its resemblance to that in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribe its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon King of Mercia,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pàgines
...the armorial bearings which werethere blazoned the emblems of mighty chiefs who had long passed away. A large and massive keep, which formed the citadel of the castle, was of great antiquity. It bore the name of Cseaar, probably from its resemblance to that in the Tower of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1923 - 716 pàgines
...history, could Ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favourite who 101 had now acquired, and was augmenting, the fair domain....in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribe its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon king of Mercia,... | |
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