 | William James Rolfe - 1896 - 304 pągines
...hardly be possible — as it was then. Its very gate-house, still standing complete, was, as Scott says, "equal in extent and superior in architecture to the baronial castle of many a northern chief"; but this was the mere portal of the majestic structure, enclosing seven acres with its walls, equally... | |
 | Bertram Coghill Alan Windle - 1899 - 270 pągines
...short distance beyond the fine gatehouse which was erected by Leicester, and which, as Scott says, " is equal in extent, and superior in architecture, to the baronial castle, of many a northern chief." It is the only part of the Castle which is now occupied as a dwelling-place, the entrance passage having... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 344 pągines
...barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent, and superior in architecture, to the baronial jastle of many a northern chief. Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, full of red deer, fallow deer, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from amongst... | |
 | Lafayette Charles Loomis - 1901 - 654 pągines
...entrance to the northward, over which he had erected a gatehouse, or barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent and superior in architecture to the baronial castle of many a Northern chief." After the death of Leicester, Kenilworth was seized by the crown, and, at a later period, conferred... | |
 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914 - 252 pągines
...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,...chief. Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, full of red-deer, fallow-deer, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from among... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pągines
...artificial, across which Leicester constructed a stately bridge. The gate-house, which still exists, is equal in extent, and superior in architecture,...northern chief. Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, fall of red deer, fallow dear, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from... | |
 | William Andrews - 1893 - 304 pągines
...entrance to the northward, over which he had erected a gatehouse or barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent and superior in architecture to...chief. "Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, full of red deer, fallow deer, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from amongst... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 418 pągines
...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. game, and abounding with lofty trees, from amongst which the extended front and massive towers of the... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 213 pągines
...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,...northern chief. Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, fall of red-deer, fallow-deer, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 213 pągines
...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,...northern chief. Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, fall of red-deer, fallow-deer, roes, and every species of game, and abounding with lofty trees, from... | |
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... 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... 
