Notice of Windsor in Olden TimesD. Bogue, 1844 - 236 pagini |
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... George Jenner . The poeti- cal fragment at the commencement of the work , is the contribution of a friend . The object of the Author has been to present the history of Windsor in such a form as to interest vi PREFACE .
... George Jenner . The poeti- cal fragment at the commencement of the work , is the contribution of a friend . The object of the Author has been to present the history of Windsor in such a form as to interest vi PREFACE .
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... George , are pronounced by some antiquarians to be relics of the thirteenth century . The latter is certainly one of the most beautiful specimens we have of the elaborate ornamental iron work of the middle ages , and it is supposed to ...
... George , are pronounced by some antiquarians to be relics of the thirteenth century . The latter is certainly one of the most beautiful specimens we have of the elaborate ornamental iron work of the middle ages , and it is supposed to ...
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... George , there to be employed at the king's wages . The sheriffs were to take security that the workmen should not depart from Windsor without licence , under the penalty of £ 100 and because some left Windsor clandestinely ...
... George , there to be employed at the king's wages . The sheriffs were to take security that the workmen should not depart from Windsor without licence , under the penalty of £ 100 and because some left Windsor clandestinely ...
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... George's Hall . The hall was restored by George IV . , somewhat in its primitive style . The architect , Sir Jeffry Wyatville , adopted the original form of the windows ; but the roof at first was of open timbers , the main rib being a ...
... George's Hall . The hall was restored by George IV . , somewhat in its primitive style . The architect , Sir Jeffry Wyatville , adopted the original form of the windows ; but the roof at first was of open timbers , the main rib being a ...
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... George of Cappadocia , and St. Edward the Confessor , were the patrons whose aid and benediction were invoked by the monarch . Of these St. George was the chief , and as his name is so in- timately connected with the institution of the ...
... George of Cappadocia , and St. Edward the Confessor , were the patrons whose aid and benediction were invoked by the monarch . Of these St. George was the chief , and as his name is so in- timately connected with the institution of the ...
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Pagina 74 - Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Pagina 178 - People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages, and heard nothing from them but their groans and their whining hymns, might laugh at them. But those had little reason to laugh who encountered them in the hall of debate or in the field of battle.
Pagina 154 - But scarce again his horn he wound, When lo ! forth starting at the sound From underneath an aged oak, That slanted from the islet rock, A damsel guider of its way, A little skiff shot to the bay...
Pagina 204 - Hall, and there find the boys' verses, 'De Peste'; it being their custom to make verses at Shrove-tide. I read several, and very good they were; better, I think, than ever I made when I was a boy, and in rolls as long and longer than the whole Hall, by much.
Pagina 139 - ... the bird of paradise, three spans long, three fingers broad, having a blue bill of the length of half an inch, the upper part of its head yellow, the nether part of a * * * colour...
Pagina 178 - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests they looked down with contempt: for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Pagina 113 - So went to bed : where eagerly his sickness Pursued him still ; and, three nights after this, About the hour of eight (which he himself Foretold should be his last), full of repentance, Continual meditations, tears, and sorrows, He gave his honours to the world again, His blessed...
Pagina 222 - I have not time to say more, but to beg you will give my duty to the queen, and let her know her army has had a glorious victory. M. Tallard and two other generals are in my coach, and I am following the rest. The bearer, my aide-de-camp, Colonel Parke, will give her an account of what has passed. I shall do it in a day or two, by another more at large. — MARLBOROUGH...
Pagina 178 - The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world.
Pagina 153 - As we were returning to our inn, we happened to meet some country people celebrating their Harvest Home ; their last load of corn they crown with flowers, having besides an image richly dressed, by which perhaps they would signify Ceres : this they keep moving about, while men and women, men and maidservants, riding through the streets in the cart, shout as loud as they can till they arrive at the barn.