 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...  Ballou's Monthly Magazine - Pàgina 4151868Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 213 pàgines
...palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize...bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp and the massive rains of the eastle only serve to show what their splendor once was, and to impress on the musing visitor... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 213 pàgines
...palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize...bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp and the massive rains of the eastle only serve to show what their splendor once was, and to impress on the musing visitor... | |
 | 1879 - 206 pàgines
...Scott wrote in "Kenilworth," " Of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought .... all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a...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... | |
 | 1881 - 784 pàgines
...where princes feasted and heroes fought— now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize...which valor won —all is now desolate. The bed of tho hko ü but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendor... | |
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