 | Francis Whiting Halsey - Europe - 1914 - 236 pages
...lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and 131 siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valor won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp and the massive ruins of the... | |
 | William Andrews - Warwickshire (England) - 1893 - 304 pages
...more over the words of him who said — " that of this lordly palace where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 418 pages
...majesty and beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | Matthew Johnson - Castles - 2002 - 234 pages
...Oakley's guide, dated 1886 and priced 6d, testifies: This lordly place, where princes feasted and heroes fought — now in the bloody earnest of storm and...won — all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is now verdant meadows, and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once... | |
 | Francis Halsey - Travel - 2006 - 213 pages
...majesty and beauty. We can not but add that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valor won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp and the massive rains of the... | |
 | Francis Halsey - Travel - 2006 - 213 pages
...earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valor won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp and the massive rains of the eastle only serve to show what their splendor once was, and to impress on the musing visitor... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1832 - 418 pages
...beauty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, no w in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now...and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | 1903 - 700 pages
...us after a lengthy description, "of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought — all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a...and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendor once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human... | |
 | 1881 - 784 pages
...majesty and beiuty. We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought— now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege,...games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valor won —all is now desolate. The bed of tho hko ü but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of... | |
 | 1879 - 206 pages
...Scott wrote in "Kenilworth," " Of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought .... all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a...rushy swamp, and the massive ruins of the castle only show what their splendour once was, and impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human... | |
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The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy a humble... 
