An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Castle of Warwick and of the Neighbouring Spa of LeamingtonH. Sharpe, 1815 - 468 sider |
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... figure of Justice , with her usual insignia , the sword and the balance . Lower down , on the same side , is another of the principal Inns , the Black Swan , with a new and good front . Many of the houses in this street , are old , and ...
... figure of Justice , with her usual insignia , the sword and the balance . Lower down , on the same side , is another of the principal Inns , the Black Swan , with a new and good front . Many of the houses in this street , are old , and ...
Side 111
... figures can scarcely be distinguished at the distance , whence they must neces- sarily be seen . The altar , itself , is also modern and mean , utterly inappropriate to the venerable antiquity and grandeur of the structure , in which it ...
... figures can scarcely be distinguished at the distance , whence they must neces- sarily be seen . The altar , itself , is also modern and mean , utterly inappropriate to the venerable antiquity and grandeur of the structure , in which it ...
Side 112
... figure is habited in armour , with a gorget of mail , wearing a pointed hel- met , studded round , except in the front ... figures , male and female , alternately ; representing , ac- cording to Mr. GOUGH , * the relations of the Earl ...
... figure is habited in armour , with a gorget of mail , wearing a pointed hel- met , studded round , except in the front ... figures , male and female , alternately ; representing , ac- cording to Mr. GOUGH , * the relations of the Earl ...
Side 120
... figures , coats of arms , and various devices , with names and broken sentences in- terspersed . Of these a minute account is given by Mr. GOUGH , from which an extract will be found in the Ap- pendix . * In the north and south windows ...
... figures , coats of arms , and various devices , with names and broken sentences in- terspersed . Of these a minute account is given by Mr. GOUGH , from which an extract will be found in the Ap- pendix . * In the north and south windows ...
Side 121
... figures of angels , holding scrolls , supported on perks . On the scrolls are inscribed " sit Deo laus et gloria : defunctis misericordia . ” THE inscription in old English , comprised in two lines , is let into the upper ledge of the ...
... figures of angels , holding scrolls , supported on perks . On the scrolls are inscribed " sit Deo laus et gloria : defunctis misericordia . ” THE inscription in old English , comprised in two lines , is let into the upper ledge of the ...
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Castle of Warwick and ... William Field Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1815 |
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Castle of Warwick and ... William Field Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1815 |
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adorned afterwards ancient apartments appears arches armour arms Avon Baddesley Clinton Bagington baths Beauchamp beautiful Borough Bridge building built Castle celebrated chancel Chapel CHARLES Church Court Coventry daughter delightful died distance Dudley DUGDALE Duke Earl of Leicester Earl of Warwick Edge Hill edifice EDWARD elegant ELIZABETH Emscote erected feet Gothic GREVILLE ground Guy's Cliff Hall hand handsome HENRY VI HENRY VIII Hill honor House inscription JOHN Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle Kineton King LADY Leamington lofty Lord Brooke Magnesia mansion mantle marble Mary's Mayor miles monument muriate noble noticed opposite painted Portrait possession present Prince principal Priory Queen reign of HENRY remains residence RICHARD road ROBERT Rous royal Saxon seat seen shaded side situated spacious stone Stratford Street sulphate THOMAS LUCY tomb tower town trees Vandyck venerable village walls Warwick Castle whole WILLIAM woods
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Side 361 - The length of his life enriched the reigns of several princes, and disgraced the last of them. A variety of knowledge proclaims the universality, a multiplicity of works the abundance, St. Paul's the greatness, of Sir Christopher's genius. The noblest temple, the largest palace, the most sumptuous hospital, in such a kingdom as Britain, are all works of the same hand. He restored London, and recorded its fall.
Side 206 - ... all unnecessary episode, and trivial ornament, either of secondary groups or architectural subdivision. In his compositions the beholder was forcibly struck by the sentiment at the first glance, the gradations and varieties of which he traced through several characters, all conceived in an elevated spirit of dignity and beauty, with a lively expression of nature in all the parts. His heads were various: the male were decided and grand ; the female lovely : his figures resembled the antique ;...
Side 263 - Methinks I should know you, and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly' ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me ; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Side 43 - ... months ; Fulke, who died at the age of twentytwo months and six days ; and Francis, who succeeded him. He died July 28, 1727, aged 33. FRANCIS GREVILLE succeeded his father as Lord Brooke at the age of eight years, and, as soon as he came of age, was chosen Recorder of Warwick...
Side 218 - The atrocity of the father's nature was rebated in her by the mother's sweeter inclinations; for (to take, and that no more than the character out of his own mouth) HE NEVER SPARED MAN IN HIS ANGER, NOR WOMAN IN HIS LUST.
Side 416 - He was wont to go to his native country once a year. I think I have been told that he left 200?.