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 pagini |
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Pagina iii
... living as the dead . The country which a great man has inhabited and preferred , during his passage on the earth , has always appeared to me the surest and most speaking relic of himself : a kind of material manifesta- tion of his ...
... living as the dead . The country which a great man has inhabited and preferred , during his passage on the earth , has always appeared to me the surest and most speaking relic of himself : a kind of material manifesta- tion of his ...
Pagina 5
... living be better beloved than you of me . " His tender attachment to his sister , the celebrated Countess of Pembroke , is known to all the world . It was to Wilton that he betook himself during his temporary absence from court , on ...
... living be better beloved than you of me . " His tender attachment to his sister , the celebrated Countess of Pembroke , is known to all the world . It was to Wilton that he betook himself during his temporary absence from court , on ...
Pagina 6
... living in her approbation of it , and seeking no other fame from it , for it was not pub- lished till after his death . Such were the noble and endearing qualities that made Sir Philip Sidney the idol of his times in foreign countries ...
... living in her approbation of it , and seeking no other fame from it , for it was not pub- lished till after his death . Such were the noble and endearing qualities that made Sir Philip Sidney the idol of his times in foreign countries ...
Pagina 7
... living tone of high , pure , heroic spirit , which scorned every- thing base ; which is , in truth , the grand characteristic of Sidney ; a spirit which stands up by the low and cunning knowingness of our own day , like one of the ...
... living tone of high , pure , heroic spirit , which scorned every- thing base ; which is , in truth , the grand characteristic of Sidney ; a spirit which stands up by the low and cunning knowingness of our own day , like one of the ...
Pagina 51
... you have inquired , the living knowledge which you have gained of the place and its localities , fixes the facts for ever in your memories . Besides that , old traditions linger about the field and. VISIT TO THE FIELD OF CULLODEN . E 2.
... you have inquired , the living knowledge which you have gained of the place and its localities , fixes the facts for ever in your memories . Besides that , old traditions linger about the field and. VISIT TO THE FIELD OF CULLODEN . E 2.
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Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ... William Howitt Vizualizare completă - 1840 |
Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battlefields and Scenes Illustrative ... William Howitt Vizualizare completă - 1842 |
Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ... William Howitt Vizualizare completă - 1840 |
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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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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.