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Page 11
... palace , and a prison , it cannot be regarded without interest . Time has been when such a scene would have called up all the romances and chivalrous feelings of my youth- ful days . The pageantry of olden times , with armed knights and ...
... palace , and a prison , it cannot be regarded without interest . Time has been when such a scene would have called up all the romances and chivalrous feelings of my youth- ful days . The pageantry of olden times , with armed knights and ...
Page 15
... palace , the dwelling - place of kings , with its spacious halls and extended galleries , its noble courts , and goodly gardens . Not a vestige of these remains ; but the antiquarian visitor draws upon his memory , and revels in the ...
... palace , the dwelling - place of kings , with its spacious halls and extended galleries , its noble courts , and goodly gardens . Not a vestige of these remains ; but the antiquarian visitor draws upon his memory , and revels in the ...
Page 16
... palace and the painted hall are gone ; the councils are dissolved , the banquets are broken up , the revels are ended , and the guests departed . There stands the modern Ordnance Office , and here am I , musing on the unsubstan- tial ...
... palace and the painted hall are gone ; the councils are dissolved , the banquets are broken up , the revels are ended , and the guests departed . There stands the modern Ordnance Office , and here am I , musing on the unsubstan- tial ...
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... palace . The drawbridge is up , the gates are closed , and glittering corslet and pike are reflected on the moat's dark waters . The secret dungeons are crowded ; fetters , tortur- ing - irons , and racks are ready ; and officers , jail ...
... palace . The drawbridge is up , the gates are closed , and glittering corslet and pike are reflected on the moat's dark waters . The secret dungeons are crowded ; fetters , tortur- ing - irons , and racks are ready ; and officers , jail ...
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... Palace is not visible . Somerset House looks proudly down upon the flowing river ; and farther to the north - west , the bulky Colosseum spreads out its heavy , huge , and dome - crowned walls . Turning from Westminster Abbey , where ...
... Palace is not visible . Somerset House looks proudly down upon the flowing river ; and farther to the north - west , the bulky Colosseum spreads out its heavy , huge , and dome - crowned walls . Turning from Westminster Abbey , where ...
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