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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... going up out of Sussex ; and here , at almost every farm - house and group of cottages , you perceived the rich aromatic odour of hops , and saw the smoke issuing from the cowls of the drying kilns . The whole county was odoriferous of ...
... going up out of Sussex ; and here , at almost every farm - house and group of cottages , you perceived the rich aromatic odour of hops , and saw the smoke issuing from the cowls of the drying kilns . The whole county was odoriferous of ...
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... going on , or to call any his retainers , bells not then being introduced . of On the right hand of the dais , is the entrance into the cellar ; an odd situation to our present fancy , but then , no doubt , thought very convenient for ...
... going on , or to call any his retainers , bells not then being introduced . of On the right hand of the dais , is the entrance into the cellar ; an odd situation to our present fancy , but then , no doubt , thought very convenient for ...
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... going away . Soon after occurs - Ladie Carlisle , with ten attendants , who staid fourteen days . -Lord Wallingford ; Lord Vauze ; Sir Thos . Neville ; Sir Antho . Forester ; Lord Arundell ; Sir Francis Smith ; and their attendants ...
... going away . Soon after occurs - Ladie Carlisle , with ten attendants , who staid fourteen days . -Lord Wallingford ; Lord Vauze ; Sir Thos . Neville ; Sir Antho . Forester ; Lord Arundell ; Sir Francis Smith ; and their attendants ...
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... going , and was not heard of for more than two months , when he most unexpectedly again made his appearance wasted almost to a skeleton . They had supposed him killed in the battle . They afterwards learned that he had been roving ...
... going , and was not heard of for more than two months , when he most unexpectedly again made his appearance wasted almost to a skeleton . They had supposed him killed in the battle . They afterwards learned that he had been roving ...
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... going across that moor had suddenly on various occasions found them- selves in the very midst of the smoke and noise of a battle . They could see the various clans engaged , and clearly recognise them by their proper tartans ; and on ...
... going across that moor had suddenly on various occasions found them- selves in the very midst of the smoke and noise of a battle . They could see the various clans engaged , and clearly recognise them by their proper tartans ; and on ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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.