A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland: With Descriptive and Historical Letterpress, Band 1Francis Orpen Morris W. Mackenzie, 1880 - 90 Seiten |
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Abbey adorned afterwards ancestor ancient Baron BIRCH Broadlands built Burghley carved CASTLE HOWARD ceiling celebrated Chamberlayne Charlecote Charles Chatsworth church contains Cranbury created a Baronet crown daughter of Sir deer derives descended died Duke England EVERINGHAM Farnham feet long FLOORS CASTLE France front gallery George GLANUSK Guardi GUY'S CLIFFE Harewood HAREWOOD HOUSE Henrietta Hereford hill Holme Lacy honour Howsham hundred Ilam ILAM HALL Ingilby INVERARAY CASTLE James King Edward King Henry Knight Lady landscape Lely Lord magnificent manor mansion Marquis marriage married Mary miles noble ornamented paintings Palace park Parliament Picton Castle portraits present Prince Princess Queen Elizabeth reign of Henry RERESBY richly RIPLEY CASTLE river Room Royal Rubens scenery SCONE PALACE Scudamore seat side Sir John Sir Thomas Sir William situated SUDELEY CASTLE TEMPLE NEWSAM Thrybergh tower trees valuable Vandyke Warwick wife WINDSOR CASTLE WOLLATON HALL wood Yorkshire
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Seite 27 - There the most daintie Paradise on ground It selfe doth offer to his sober eye, In which all pleasures plenteously abownd, And none does others happinesse envye ; The painted flowres, the trees upshooting hye, The dales for shade, the hilles for breathing space, The trembling groves, the christall running by, And, that which all faire workes doth most aggrace, The art which all that wrought appeared in no place.
Seite 19 - For, having an ample fortune, he expended it in the most generous manner; his house being kept open three days every week for the gentry : and the poor were as constantly fed with the remnants of his hospitable entertainments. In short, his ability and disposition were so exactly proportioned to each other, that it was difficult to determine which had the greatest share in his numberless acts of beneficence.
Seite 2 - A parliament was held in the fortress under Henry II, in 1170, at which William the Lion, King of Scotland, and his brother David, attended as feudal barons of the realm. Great additions were made to the fortifications by Henry III In the sixth year of Edward I a grand tournament was held in the adjoining park; this monarch, with his son, continually resided in the castle, which became the birthplace of several of their children ; among whom the most celebrated was...