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... habits of society in those remote times , may enable us to form some im- perfect idea of the place and its appearance , during the reigns of the early Norman sovereigns . The castle was the only building of any importance whatever . The ...
... habits of society in those remote times , may enable us to form some im- perfect idea of the place and its appearance , during the reigns of the early Norman sovereigns . The castle was the only building of any importance whatever . The ...
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... habits of the people of that period . Besides the castellated mansion of the prince and the noble , there were , in different parts of the country , manorial residences , and in commercial cities the dwellings of rich merchants were of ...
... habits of the people of that period . Besides the castellated mansion of the prince and the noble , there were , in different parts of the country , manorial residences , and in commercial cities the dwellings of rich merchants were of ...
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... habits of even ferocious warfare were not deemed incon- sistent with his vaunted profession . Religion , whose genius was sadly mistaken , was made to impart her sanction to a life of violence and bloodshed , and the sword and the cross ...
... habits of even ferocious warfare were not deemed incon- sistent with his vaunted profession . Religion , whose genius was sadly mistaken , was made to impart her sanction to a life of violence and bloodshed , and the sword and the cross ...
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... habits and ensigns of the knights . " In describing the mantle , " says Ashmole , we shall first set down its various ap- pellations it is mentioned by in the records of the order ; secondly , the materials whereof it consists ; thirdly ...
... habits and ensigns of the knights . " In describing the mantle , " says Ashmole , we shall first set down its various ap- pellations it is mentioned by in the records of the order ; secondly , the materials whereof it consists ; thirdly ...
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... habits and ornaments to be all alike as to fashion and material— " to no other end but to represent how they ought to be united in all chances of fortune , both in peace and war . ” In connection with the Order of the Garter and the ...
... habits and ornaments to be all alike as to fashion and material— " to no other end but to represent how they ought to be united in all chances of fortune , both in peace and war . ” In connection with the Order of the Garter and the ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.