Notice of Windsor in Olden TimesD. Bogue, 1844 - 236 pagini |
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Pagina 25
... walking , on a bright summer's morning , on the banks of the Thames , strolling into the royal little town , and meeting many a group of artizans , tradesmen , and courtiers , as he winds his way up to the drawbridge and gate at the ...
... walking , on a bright summer's morning , on the banks of the Thames , strolling into the royal little town , and meeting many a group of artizans , tradesmen , and courtiers , as he winds his way up to the drawbridge and gate at the ...
Pagina 48
... walking together on that ground where the two wards be now , as a parcel of the park , the strangers commending the situation , and judging the castle to have been better built in that place than where it was , as being on higher ground ...
... walking together on that ground where the two wards be now , as a parcel of the park , the strangers commending the situation , and judging the castle to have been better built in that place than where it was , as being on higher ground ...
Pagina 54
... walks the eastern terrace , the site of such a gorgeous display in a former age . Let him think of the busy stir which resounded there ere those elms were planted , and when some of those oaks were acorns : ask where are the thousands ...
... walks the eastern terrace , the site of such a gorgeous display in a former age . Let him think of the busy stir which resounded there ere those elms were planted , and when some of those oaks were acorns : ask where are the thousands ...
Pagina 64
... walking , were thrown over the arm . † Many a gen- tleman and many a dame , thus attired in the costume of the age - a Justice Shallow and a Mrs. Ford , for instance - are seen , by the eye of fancy , enlivening the picture of the ...
... walking , were thrown over the arm . † Many a gen- tleman and many a dame , thus attired in the costume of the age - a Justice Shallow and a Mrs. Ford , for instance - are seen , by the eye of fancy , enlivening the picture of the ...
Pagina 65
John Stoughton. that day , walking along the streets , or sitting under the shadow of a noble elm , on a summer's afternoon . In describing the antiquities and historical associations of Windsor Castle in the fifteenth century , we shall ...
John Stoughton. that day , walking along the streets , or sitting under the shadow of a noble elm , on a summer's afternoon . In describing the antiquities and historical associations of Windsor Castle in the fifteenth century , we shall ...
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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.