Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and PoetryLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 - 526 Seiten |
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... built to envious show Of touch , or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars , or a roofe of gold : Thou hast no lantherne whereof tales are told ; Or stayre , or courts ; but standst an ancient pile , And these grudged at ...
... built to envious show Of touch , or marble ; nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars , or a roofe of gold : Thou hast no lantherne whereof tales are told ; Or stayre , or courts ; but standst an ancient pile , And these grudged at ...
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... , when they see Those proud , ambitious heaps , and nothing else , May say , their lords have built , but thy lord dwells . BEN JONSON . - The Forrest , ii . The one The house now presents two principal fronts . 16 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
... , when they see Those proud , ambitious heaps , and nothing else , May say , their lords have built , but thy lord dwells . BEN JONSON . - The Forrest , ii . The one The house now presents two principal fronts . 16 VISIT TO PENSHURST .
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... built by Sir Henry Sidney , the father of Sir Philip , and Lord President of the Council established in the Marches of Wales . The court is now thrown open , and converted into a lawn surrounded by a sunk fence , and overlooking a quiet ...
... built by Sir Henry Sidney , the father of Sir Philip , and Lord President of the Council established in the Marches of Wales . The court is now thrown open , and converted into a lawn surrounded by a sunk fence , and overlooking a quiet ...
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... built by the gentleman who now lives in Culloden House , and a number of old cannons lying about , evidently intended to give the place a fortified air ; one of those whims which so frequently seize people in picturesque situations ...
... built by the gentleman who now lives in Culloden House , and a number of old cannons lying about , evidently intended to give the place a fortified air ; one of those whims which so frequently seize people in picturesque situations ...
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... built on a narrow promontory pushing into it from the southern shore , and on the opposite shore Fort Rose ; to our left lay the dark woods and green hills between us and Inverness , and all before us one wide and splendid prospect ...
... built on a narrow promontory pushing into it from the southern shore , and on the opposite shore Fort Rose ; to our left lay the dark woods and green hills between us and Inverness , and all before us one wide and splendid prospect ...
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admiration amongst ancient Ann Hathaway Barden Tower battle beautiful Ben Jonson castle cathedral celebrated chamber chapel character Charles church Clopton cloth lettered coloured cottages Countess Countess of Leicester crown Culloden curious daughter delightful Duchess Duchess of Portsmouth Duke Earl Edition Elizabeth England English Everard Digby father feeling gallery garden hall Hampton Court hand head Henry de Blois Henry VIII Highlanders hills honour John king king's lady living London look Lord massy monument nature noble paintings palace passed Penshurst poet poetry portraits present Prince Queen reign round royal ruins Rylston Saxon scene seen Shakspeare Shakspeare's shew side Sidney singular Sir Philip Sir Philip Sidney Sir Thomas spirit splendid stands stone stood Stratford style thing Thomas Lucy thou Titian tomb tower trees vols walk walls whole wild William Winchester Wolsey wonder woods young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 258 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Seite 261 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of — say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey — that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Seite 89 - O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Seite 193 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep 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.
Seite 256 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.
Seite 193 - 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. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.