A Short History of the Tower of London: With a List of the Interesting Curiosities Contained in the Armories and RegaliaWheeler, 1844 - 36 стор. |
З цієї книги
Результати 1-5 із 16
Сторінка 8
... king's hands , broke his neck in an attempt to escape from the Tower . Edward I. is supposed to have made the last additions of im- portance to the Tower : he added to its fortifications and enlarged the ditch by which they are ...
... king's hands , broke his neck in an attempt to escape from the Tower . Edward I. is supposed to have made the last additions of im- portance to the Tower : he added to its fortifications and enlarged the ditch by which they are ...
Сторінка 9
... king of Scotland , and John , king of France . The succeeding reigns , those of Richard II . and the usurper Henry IV . afford but a melancholy contrast to that of their victo- rious predecessor : the accession of a minor to the throne ...
... king of Scotland , and John , king of France . The succeeding reigns , those of Richard II . and the usurper Henry IV . afford but a melancholy contrast to that of their victo- rious predecessor : the accession of a minor to the throne ...
Сторінка 10
... king confined within its walls in the course of a single century . In the reign of Henry V. the hero of Agincourt , the Tower again became crowded with French prisoners of distinction ; and many were afterwards removed to the castles of ...
... king confined within its walls in the course of a single century . In the reign of Henry V. the hero of Agincourt , the Tower again became crowded with French prisoners of distinction ; and many were afterwards removed to the castles of ...
Сторінка 11
... King James I. upon visiting the Tower at the commencement of his reign , entertained himself and a portion of his court with a combat between one of the lions and three dogs , one only of the latter survived the conflict : James is said ...
... King James I. upon visiting the Tower at the commencement of his reign , entertained himself and a portion of his court with a combat between one of the lions and three dogs , one only of the latter survived the conflict : James is said ...
Сторінка 15
... king Baliol , and a number of his most influential nobility , were taken prisoners , and committed to the Tower : the unfortunate monarch , after nearly three years incarceration within its walls , was released at the intercession of ...
... king Baliol , and a number of his most influential nobility , were taken prisoners , and committed to the Tower : the unfortunate monarch , after nearly three years incarceration within its walls , was released at the intercession of ...
Інші видання - Показати все
A Short history of the Tower of London; with a list of the interesting ... Joseph Wheeler Повний перегляд - 1842 |
Загальні терміни та фрази
amongst ancient annals appears Archbishop Battle-axe beheaded Bishop Fisher Bishop of Ely blood building Burgonet called celebrated centre character Charles chiefly circumstances Cobham connected coronation court crown cuirass curious dark death Duke dungeon Earl of Essex Edward Elizabeth engraved and gilt equestrian erected executed exhibited feet figure is armed formerly fortress Gauntlet gold Guisarme head helmet Henry VI Henry VIII horse-armour imprisonment inscription James jewels king king's Knight Lady Jane Grey Lord Mace Marteaux d'armes matchlock monarch murder ornamented palace Partizans persecution pieces Pikes placed plate armour portion preceding reign princes QUEEN ELIZABETH'S ARMORY Rapier Regalia reign of Henry richly royal Salt Tower scaffold Sceptre shewn Shield side Sir Walter sollerets Somerset Spetum state-prison steel succeeding reign suit of armour Sword Thomas torture tournament Tower of London Tower-hill treason Trophy unhappy various periods wall Warders weapons Westminster White Tower William Rufus worn
Популярні уривки
Сторінка 21 - I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph, sometimes sitting in the shade like a goddess, sometimes singing like an angel, sometimes playing like Orpheus ; behold the sorrow of this world! once amiss hath bereaved me of all.
Сторінка 5 - It has on the east part a tower palatine, very large and very strong ; whose court and walls rise up from a deep foundation ; the mortar is tempered with the blood of beasts.
Сторінка 24 - it is utterly unknown to the law of England ; though once, when the Dukes of Exeter and Suffolk, and other ministers of Henry VI., had laid a design to introduce the civil law into this kingdom as the rule of government, for the beginning thereof they erected a rack for torture ; which was called, in derision, the Duke of Exeter's daughter ; and still remains in the Tower of London...
Сторінка 21 - ... in a dark prison all alone. While she was yet near at hand, that I might hear of her once in two or three days, my sorrows were the less ; but even now, my heart is cast into the depth of all misery. I, that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting...
Сторінка 12 - I might easily suffer that, if they would keep my body warm. But my diet also, God knoweth how slender it is at many times. And now in mine age my stomach may not away but with a few kinds of meats, which if I want I decay forthwith, and fall into coughs and diseases of my body, and cannot keep myself in health.
Сторінка 6 - ... investiture of prelates ; he pilled and shaved the people with tribute, especially to spend about the Tower of London and the Great Hall at Westminster." There is considerable doubt as to what were the actual additions made to the Tower of London during the reigns of William Rufus and Henry I. Stow says : " They also caused a castle to be builded under the said tower, to wit, on the south side towards the Thames, and also incastellated the same round about.
Сторінка 22 - French knight, on foot, 1570. We are now come to the armour of the period during which the House of Stuart was on the throne ; as may be seen by the livery colours of that family, red and yellow, being painted on the spandrels of the remaining eight arches. James I. (knight of the time of) in a plain suit of tilting armour. The burdon, or lance for running at the ring, being made hollow has an appearance of greater weight than it really possesses; it is fourteen feet long, the length of the lance...
Сторінка 24 - French (4) and other foreign nations ' : viz. because the laws cannot endure that any man should die upon the evidence of a false, or even a single witness; and therefore contrived this method that innocence should manifest itself by a stout denial, or guilt by a plain...
Сторінка 24 - VI., had laid a design to introduce tLa civil law into this kingdom as the rule of government, for a beginning thereof they erected a rack for torture ; which was called in derision the Duke of Exeter's Daughter, and still remains in the Tower of London ; where it was occasionally used as an engine of state, not of law, more than once in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
Сторінка 21 - Queen goes away so far off, whom I have followed so many years with so great love and desire, in so many journeys, and am now left behind her, in a dark prison all alone. While she was yet...