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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... cloths , etc. etc. all in their separate identity . There is no lumping them in sundries . You see too what was the peculiar style of serving the several tables kept in the house , for the old days of all dining in hall were over ...
... cloths , etc. etc. all in their separate identity . There is no lumping them in sundries . You see too what was the peculiar style of serving the several tables kept in the house , for the old days of all dining in hall were over ...
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... clothes , from Wednesday , the day of our unfortunate engagement , till three o'clock on Friday , when he sent detachments to kill all those who were still in life ; and a great many , who had resisted the effects of the continual rains ...
... clothes , from Wednesday , the day of our unfortunate engagement , till three o'clock on Friday , when he sent detachments to kill all those who were still in life ; and a great many , who had resisted the effects of the continual rains ...
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... cloth , every thread of which his mother had spun , and which , when woven , had been made up too by his mother and sister in this very cabin ; yet , as he stood playing his native airs , he seemed quite inspired , and we could not help ...
... cloth , every thread of which his mother had spun , and which , when woven , had been made up too by his mother and sister in this very cabin ; yet , as he stood playing his native airs , he seemed quite inspired , and we could not help ...
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... clothes leaning against the wall ; and when they looked nearer , she was indeed dead , but not before , in the agonies of despair and hunger , she had bitten a piece from her white round shoulder ! Of course , she had walked ever since ...
... clothes leaning against the wall ; and when they looked nearer , she was indeed dead , but not before , in the agonies of despair and hunger , she had bitten a piece from her white round shoulder ! Of course , she had walked ever since ...
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... cloth of a darkish brown , with a rich fringe of silk about six inches deep . In the attic story also was a chapel , with scriptural inscriptions in black letter , and religious paintings on the walls , as ancient as the house . In one ...
... cloth of a darkish brown , with a rich fringe of silk about six inches deep . In the attic story also was a chapel , with scriptural inscriptions in black letter , and religious paintings on the walls , as ancient as the house . In one ...
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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.