A Short History of the Tower of London: With a List of Interesting Curiosities Contained ThereinSold at the Armory Ticket Office, 1852 - 36 стор. |
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... stand . But although we shall aoccsionally notice events connected with the history of the mo- narchs , & c . represented ; yet it is desirable that the reader should bear in mind , that the generality of the suits are not those which ...
... stand . But although we shall aoccsionally notice events connected with the history of the mo- narchs , & c . represented ; yet it is desirable that the reader should bear in mind , that the generality of the suits are not those which ...
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... stands forth in dark and barbarous contrast to the chivalrous generosity of his great - grandson as a royal victor . HENRY VI . 1450. - A great space intervenes in the history of armour between these two reigns ; but upon this ...
... stands forth in dark and barbarous contrast to the chivalrous generosity of his great - grandson as a royal victor . HENRY VI . 1450. - A great space intervenes in the history of armour between these two reigns ; but upon this ...
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... stand upright nor to lie down at full length . Some were put to the rack , or placed in the ' Scavenger's daughter , ' ( Scavingeri filia ) an iron instrument , by which their head , hands , and feet were bound together . Many were ...
... stand upright nor to lie down at full length . Some were put to the rack , or placed in the ' Scavenger's daughter , ' ( Scavingeri filia ) an iron instrument , by which their head , hands , and feet were bound together . Many were ...
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... stands as a scene of comedy amid the general gloom of Tower history . The fate of Robert Devereux , Earl of Essex , and the romantic circumstances m connection with it , are too generally known to require recital in the present case ...
... stands as a scene of comedy amid the general gloom of Tower history . The fate of Robert Devereux , Earl of Essex , and the romantic circumstances m connection with it , are too generally known to require recital in the present case ...
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... stands the Beauchamp or Cobham Tower . This building consist of two stories , ascended by a circular stone staircase : it is supposed to have been erected in the reigns of John and Henry III . and has been used as the principal state ...
... stands the Beauchamp or Cobham Tower . This building consist of two stories , ascended by a circular stone staircase : it is supposed to have been erected in the reigns of John and Henry III . and has been used as the principal state ...
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A Short history of the Tower of London; with a list of the interesting ... Joseph Wheeler Повний перегляд - 1842 |
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amongst ancient annals appears Archbishop Battle-axe beheaded Bishop Fisher Bishop of Ely blood Brass Gun Breast-plate building called centre Chain Mail character Charles chiefly Cobham connected containing coronation court crown cuirass curious Daggers death Duke dungeon Earl of Essex Edward Elizabeth engraved and gilt erected executed feet formerly fortress French Gauntlet gold Guisarme head helmet Henry VI Henry VIII HORSE ARMORY horse-armour ill-fated imprisonment inscription James jewels king king's Knight Lady Jane Grey Lord Mace Marteaux d'armes Matchlock monarch occupied ornamented palace Partizans persecution pieces Pikes placed plate armour portion princes prison Queen Elizabeth's Armory Rapier Regalia reign of Henry richly royal Salt Tower scaffold sceptre shewn Shield side Sir Walter sollerets Somerset Spears specimen Spetum state-prison steel suit of armour Swords Thomas torture tournament Tower of London Tower-hill treason Trophy unhappy various periods Visitors wall Warders weapons Westminster White Tower worn
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Сторінка 19 - 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 18 - Here landeth as true a subject, being a prisoner, as ever landed at these stairs ; and before thee, O God! I speak it, having no other friends but thee alone.
Сторінка 22 - 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 22 - 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 4 - 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 26 - Additional interest is attached to this room from the general supposition that it was the prison-lodging of Sir Walter Raleigh, whom we have before noticed: a dark closet is shewn as his sleeping room. Memorials of three other unfortunate occupants are still legible; viz.— " HE THAT INDVRETH TO THE ENDE SHALL BE SAVID. M. 10. R. RVDSON • KENT • AN° 1553." " BE FAITFUL VNTO THE DETH AND I WIL GIVE THE A CROWNE OF LIFE. T. FANE, 1554.
Сторінка 19 - My heart was never broken till this day, that I hear the 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.
Сторінка 10 - I dcoay forthwith, and fall into coughs and diseases of my body, and cannot keep myself in health. And, as our Lord knoweth, I have nothing left unto me for to provide any better, but as my brother of his own purse layeth out for me to his great hindrance.
Сторінка 18 - Country ; which she also utterly denying, cleared her innocency therein. In conclusion, after long debating of matters, they declared unto her, that " It was the Queen's will and pleasure that she should go unto the Tower, while the matter were further tried and examined.
Сторінка 10 - 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.