| 1835 - 726 páginas
...warder's tread struck dully on the ear." If we quote correctly from memory, thus Sir Walter wrote — " Day set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Teviot's mountain lone; The. battled towers, the donjon keep, The flanking walls that round it sweep,... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1838 - 894 páginas
...in the darkness of the forest, as he hurried along to deliver the message of King John. CHAPTER IV. Day set on Norham's castled steep. And Tweed's fair...the turrets high, Moving athwart the evening sky, Seemed forms of giant height : Their armour, as it caught the rays, Flashed back again the western... | |
| 740 páginas
...power to march against the Scots, or conclude a truce with them. The strong castle of Norham— " By Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's...captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep — " owes its existence to Ranulph Fhamberd, Bishop of Durham, so well known as the Lord Treasurer... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1838 - 742 páginas
...his name, as one catches the first view of Norham Castle — as I saw it — towards sunset . . . " Day set on Norham's castled steep ; And Tweed's fair...river, broad and deep ; And Cheviot's mountains lone." As the chaise ran down the hill, with the Castle to the right, I could observe little more than the... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 páginas
...i. THI слеты, I. Day set on Norham's castled steep, And Tweed 's fair river, broad and deep,1 And Cheviot's mountains lone: The battled towers,...keep,' The loop-hole grates where captives weep, The fbnking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriors on the turrets high, Moving... | |
| Thomas Frognall Dibdin - 1838 - 796 páginas
...catches the first view of Norham Castle — as I saw it — towards sunset . . . " Day set on Norham 'a castled steep ; And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep ; And Cheviot's mountains lone." As the chaise ran down the hill, with the Castle to the right, I could observe little more than the... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 92 páginas
...knightly tale of Alhion's elder day. CANTO THE FIRST. 5"flt Caslli. i. DAY set on Norham's eastled steep, And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And...towers, the donjon keep, The loop-hole grates where eaptivee weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone. The warriors on the... | |
| 1839 - 272 páginas
...architecture adopted by the Normans in their ecclesiastical edifices, and there is no difficulty in tracing The battled towers, the donjon keep, The loophole...captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep. These outer walls were of great strength, and enclosed an area of three acres and one rood. The grand... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 páginas
...attentive to my lay, A knightly tale of Albion's elder day. JH a nil in n. CANTO F1UST. if astir. I. shall none be near Guards nor warders challenge here,...champing, Shouting clans, or squadrons stamping." keop,9 The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 380 páginas
...MARMION. CANTO FIRST. THE CASTLE. M ARMION. CANTO FIRST. THE CASTLE. L DAY set on Norham's castled steep,1 And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,3 1 See Appendix. Note C. * It is perhaps unnecessary to remind my readers, that the donjon, in... | |
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