Windsor: A History and Description of the Castle and the TownWard, 1862 - 244 էջ |
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... walls of the castle were not unfrequent . Here , on the 29th of January , 1121 , he was united to his second queen , Adelaide , daughter of Godfrey of Louvain . " The coronation of this lady , " says Speed , " was appointed to be ...
... walls of the castle were not unfrequent . Here , on the 29th of January , 1121 , he was united to his second queen , Adelaide , daughter of Godfrey of Louvain . " The coronation of this lady , " says Speed , " was appointed to be ...
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... walls of his apartment at Windsor , an old eagle with four young ones pecking at it . " What means such a picture ? " it was asked . " I am the old eagle , " said the poor monarch , " and the eaglets are my sons . John , whom I love ...
... walls of his apartment at Windsor , an old eagle with four young ones pecking at it . " What means such a picture ? " it was asked . " I am the old eagle , " said the poor monarch , " and the eaglets are my sons . John , whom I love ...
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... walls of Windsor Castle the same monarch afterwards sought security during his perilous struggle with the barons ; and thither he repaired , after the charter of England's freedom had been extorted from him on the neighbouring plain of ...
... walls of Windsor Castle the same monarch afterwards sought security during his perilous struggle with the barons ; and thither he repaired , after the charter of England's freedom had been extorted from him on the neighbouring plain of ...
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... wall of the said castle , sixty feet in length and twenty - eight feet wide ; and another apartment for the queen's use , which should be contiguous to the king's , and under the same roof ; and a chapel , seventy feet long and twenty ...
... wall of the said castle , sixty feet in length and twenty - eight feet wide ; and another apartment for the queen's use , which should be contiguous to the king's , and under the same roof ; and a chapel , seventy feet long and twenty ...
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... walls of the chapel were ready for the roof , and a pressing order was addressed to the Archbishop of York to see the works completed . The roof is described as a lofty wooden one , after the manner of that which was then being built at ...
... walls of the chapel were ready for the roof , and a pressing order was addressed to the Archbishop of York to see the works completed . The roof is described as a lofty wooden one , after the manner of that which was then being built at ...
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Windsor; a History and Description of the Castle and Town Rev. John Stoughton (of Kensington.) Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
Windsor: A History and Description of the Castle and the Town John Stoughton Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
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afterwards aisle ancient appears arch architecture Ashmole Battle of Waterloo beautiful Bishop borough building century chamber Charles II choir church coffin Congress of Vienna connexion corporation court crown curious Datchet dean and canons doubt Duchess ducking stool Duke Earl edifice Edward Edward III Edward IV Elizabeth England English erected Eton Eton College favour favourite feast feet Garter gateway George George's Chapel hall Henry VIII honour horse inhabitants James John King Charles king's ladies lodgings London Lord majesty master mayor ment monarch neighbourhood of Windsor noble Norden's north terrace Old Windsor ornamented painted park Parliament period picture poor knights portraits present preserved Prince prisoner Queen reign relic remains removed repair residence roof round tower royal chapel says sovereign stalls stone terrace Testwood throne tion tomb town vault walk walls ward William Windsor Castle Windsor Park
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Էջ 229 - Windsor's heights the expanse below Of grove, of lawn, of mead survey, Whose turf, whose shade, whose flowers among, Wanders the hoary Thames along His silver-winding way...
Էջ 234 - It is a little chaos of mountains and precipices; mountains, it is true, that do not ascend much above the clouds, nor are the declivities quite so amazing as Dover cliff; but just such hills as people who love their necks as well as I do may venture to climb, and crags that give the eye as much pleasure as if they were more dangerous. Both vale and hill are covered with most venerable beeches, and other very reverend vegetables, that, like most other ancient people, are always dreaming out their...
Էջ 235 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Էջ 99 - Such we believe to have been the character of the Puritans. We perceive the absurdity of their manners. We dislike the sullen gloom of their domestic habits. We acknowledge that the tone of their minds was often injured by straining after things too high for mortal reach...
Էջ 41 - So thick the branches and the leves grene, Beshaded all the alleys that there were ; And midst of every arbour might be seen The sharpe, grene, sweet juniper, Growing so fair, with branches here and there, That as it seemed to a lyf without, The boughs did spread the arbour all about...
Էջ 229 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe. And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Էջ 233 - I have at the distance of half a mile, through a green lane, a forest (the vulgar call it a common), all my own, at least, as good as so, for I spy no human thing in it but myself.
Էջ 82 - ... 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...
Էջ 140 - 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."* The fate of the troops posted in Blenheim still remained undecided.
Էջ 140 - 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...