Notice of Windsor in Olden TimesD. Bogue, 1844 - 236 pagini |
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Pagina 10
... Master Geoffry , who , from the frequent occurrence of his name , seems to have been master of the works . Among the appendages to the royal palace at that time was a vineyard , and the expense of the vintage is specified in the annual ...
... Master Geoffry , who , from the frequent occurrence of his name , seems to have been master of the works . Among the appendages to the royal palace at that time was a vineyard , and the expense of the vintage is specified in the annual ...
Pagina 12
... Master Thomas , for the purpose of making doors and windows , an order which probably relates to some new and stately edifice . In the twenty - third year of the same reign an order was given to the bailiffs of Windsor to paint the ...
... Master Thomas , for the purpose of making doors and windows , an order which probably relates to some new and stately edifice . In the twenty - third year of the same reign an order was given to the bailiffs of Windsor to paint the ...
Pagina 14
... Master Thomas , carpenter , to buy a new gown . * The lesser hall was in the upper bailey , the large hall in the lower . A description is preserved of a throne , painted and gilt , which stood in the large hall , with the figure of a ...
... Master Thomas , carpenter , to buy a new gown . * The lesser hall was in the upper bailey , the large hall in the lower . A description is preserved of a throne , painted and gilt , which stood in the large hall , with the figure of a ...
Pagina 32
... master . The fact was , that the revenue of the sovereign was so comparatively trifling , that he had not the means of bearing the expense of costly buildings ; and therefore , if he resolved to have them , his vanity or his taste could ...
... master . The fact was , that the revenue of the sovereign was so comparatively trifling , that he had not the means of bearing the expense of costly buildings ; and therefore , if he resolved to have them , his vanity or his taste could ...
Pagina 33
... Master carpenters were to have threepence a day ; journeymen , twopence ; master ma- sons , fourpence ; journeymen , threepence ; labourers , one penny . Agricultural labourers were to receive , during harvest , threepence a day ...
... Master carpenters were to have threepence a day ; journeymen , twopence ; master ma- sons , fourpence ; journeymen , threepence ; labourers , one penny . Agricultural labourers were to receive , during harvest , threepence a day ...
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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.