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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... perhaps , no parallel . The " admirable Crichton " is the only person who occurs to our minds as presenting anything like the same universality of knowledge and accomplishments ; but Crichton was a meteor which blazed for a moment , and ...
... perhaps , no parallel . The " admirable Crichton " is the only person who occurs to our minds as presenting anything like the same universality of knowledge and accomplishments ; but Crichton was a meteor which blazed for a moment , and ...
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... perhaps a mile in length , terminated by woody hills of great rural beauty . This court will eventually be laid out in a flower garden ; Lord de L'Isle having fitted up the suite of rooms in this , and the north front , for the family ...
... perhaps a mile in length , terminated by woody hills of great rural beauty . This court will eventually be laid out in a flower garden ; Lord de L'Isle having fitted up the suite of rooms in this , and the north front , for the family ...
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... perhaps does not come up to your idea of the knightly beauty and grace of Sir Philip Sidney ; for few indeed of the portraits of the great men of that wonderful era do realize your conceptions of them ; but it has all the truth and ...
... perhaps does not come up to your idea of the knightly beauty and grace of Sir Philip Sidney ; for few indeed of the portraits of the great men of that wonderful era do realize your conceptions of them ; but it has all the truth and ...
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... perhaps , as a painting , the most attractive piece of all is a Vandyke , Philip Lord Lisle - a boy with his dog , and his hunting - pole upon his shoulder . He has on an embroidered scarf and buskins , richly worked with gold . He ...
... perhaps , as a painting , the most attractive piece of all is a Vandyke , Philip Lord Lisle - a boy with his dog , and his hunting - pole upon his shoulder . He has on an embroidered scarf and buskins , richly worked with gold . He ...
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... perhaps , one containing the portraits of the two celebrated sisters , Lady Dorothy Percy , Countess of Leicester , and Lady Lucy Percy , Countess of Carlisle . These ladies , daughters of the Duke of Northumberland , so well known in ...
... perhaps , one containing the portraits of the two celebrated sisters , Lady Dorothy Percy , Countess of Leicester , and Lady Lucy Percy , Countess of Carlisle . These ladies , daughters of the Duke of Northumberland , so well known in ...
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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
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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.