 | Francis Whiting Halsey - 1914
...lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and 131 siege, and now in the 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 massive ruins of the... | |
 | William Andrews - 1893 - 284 pągines
...more over the words of him who said — " 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 visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902
...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 visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | Matthew Johnson - 2002 - 209 pągines
...Oakley's guide, dated 1886 and priced 6d, testifies: This lordly place, where princes feasted and heroes fought — now in the bloody earnest of storm and...won — all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is now verdant meadows, and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 212 pągines
...majesty and beauty. We can not but add that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...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 massive rains of the... | |
 | Francis Halsey - 2006 - 212 pągines
...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 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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1832
...beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, no w in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now...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... | |
 | 1903
...us after a lengthy description, "of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought — all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a...and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendor once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | 1881
...majesty and beiuty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought— now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...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... | |
 | 1879
...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... | |
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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... 
