The great fief of Castleton, with its adjacent wastes and forests, and all the wonders which they contain, had been forfeited in King John's stormy days by one William Peveril, and had been granted anew to the Lord Ferrers of that day. Yet this William's... The Waverley Novels - Página 325de Walter Scott - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1822 - 430 páginas
...Peveril, yet his descendants were long dijtinr guished by the proud title of Peverils of the Peak. In Charles the Second's time, the representative of...and very few individual traits to distinguish hi'm Irnni the general portrait of that worthy clous of mankind. In religion Sir 'Geoffrey was a high churchman,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1822 - 346 páginas
...of that day. Yet this William's descendants, though no longer possessed of what they alleged to be their original property, were long distinguished by...to mark their high descent, and lofty pretensions. ' j In Charles the Second's time, the representative of this ancient family was Sir Geoffrey Peveril,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 332 páginas
...of that day. Yet this William's descendants, though no longer possessed of what they alleged to be their original property, were long distinguished by...which served to mark their high descent, and lofty pretentions. In Charles the Second's time, the representative of this ancient family was Sir Geoffrey... | |
| 1823 - 442 páginas
...King John's stormy days these possessions were forfeited by one William Peveril, vet his descendants were long distinguished by the proud title of Peverils of the Peak. In Charles the Second's time, the representative of this ancient family was Sir Geoffrey Peveril, a... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 280 páginas
...though no longer possessed of what they alleged to be their original property, were longdistinguished by the proud title of Peverils of the Peak, which...individual traits to distinguish him from the general portrait'of that worthy class of mankind. He was proud of small advantages, angry at small disappointments,... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1831 - 376 páginas
...and had been granted anew to the Lord Ferrers of that day. Yet this William's descendants, though no longer possessed of what they alleged to have been...property, were long distinguished by the proud title of Peverilsof the Peak, which served to mark their high descent, and lofty pretensions. In Charles the... | |
| John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 424 páginas
...of that day. Yet this William's descendants, though no longer possessed of what they alleged to be their original property, were long distinguished by...to mark their high descent, and lofty pretensions." The details of the Norman Peveril, as given by the Romancist, are strictly correct, and we need merely... | |
| Battle Abbey, Bernard Burke - 1848 - 148 páginas
...what they alleged to be their original property, were long distinguished by the proud title of the Peverils of the Peak, which served to mark their high descent, and lofty pretensions." The details of the Norman Peveril, as given by the Romancist, are strictly correct, and we need merely... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 704 páginas
...and had been granted anew to the Lord Ferrers ofthat day. Yet this William's descendants, though no longer possessed of what they alleged to have been...property, were long distinguished by the proud title of Pevcrils of the Peak, which served to mark their high descent, and lofty pretensions. In Charles tho... | |
| 1857 - 218 páginas
...the Duchy of Lancaster. they alleged to have been their original property, were long distintroished by the proud title of Peverils of the Peak, which...to mark their high descent and lofty pretensions." The castle as it now exists is one of the most interesting and curious Norman fortresses in existence.... | |
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