 ... there blazoned, the emblems of mighty chiefs who had long passed away, and whose history, could Ambition have lent ear to it, might have read a lesson to the haughty favourite who had now acquired, and was augmenting, the fair domain. A large and...  Kenilworth - Page 288by Walter Scott - 1886 - 479 pagesFull view - About this book
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 414 pages
...haughty favourite, who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain. A large and massive Keep , which formed the citadel of the Castle , was of uncertain though great antiquity. It bore the name of Ceesar , perhaps from its resemblance to that in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...haughty favourite, who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain. A large and massive keep, which formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain, though great antiquity. It bore the name of Csesar, perhaps from its resemblance to that in the tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pages
...formed the citadel of the casile, was of uncertain thoueh great antiquity. It bore the name of С,тsar, perhaps from its resemblance to that in the tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the timeof Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon king of Mercia,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 434 pages
...haughty favourite who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain. A large and massive keep, which formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain...the Tower of London ' so called. Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon King of... | |
 | William Thomas Moncrieff - Health resorts - 1824 - 396 pages
...haughty favorite, who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain. A large and massive keep, which formed the citadel of the Castle, was of uncertain...in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph, *rom whom the Castle had its name, a Saxon King of... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...domain. A large and massive keep, which formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain thotigh great antiquity. It bore the name of Caesar, perhaps...in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon king of... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...formed the citadel of the castle, was ef uncertain though great antiquity. It bore the name of Ciesar, perhaps from its resemblance to that in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon king of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...haughty favourite, who had now acquired and was augmenting the fair domain. A large and massive keep, which formed the citadel of the castle was of uncertain..."in the Tower of London so called. Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the castle had its name, a Saxon King of... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 750 pages
...bore tlie name af < icsar, perhaps Iruuv vis. южхь> Ыппсе to that in the Tower of London eo called. Some antiquaries ascribe its foundation to the time of Kenelph, from whom the Castle hart its name, a Saxon king of Mercio, and others to an early era after the Norman Conquest. On ihe... | |
 | William Beattie - Abbeys - 1842 - 398 pages
...augmenting, this fair domain. A large and massive keep — (that already described as Caesar's Tower) which formed the citadel of the castle, was of uncertain though great antiquity — it bore the name of Csesar, probably from its resemblance to that in the Tower of London so called. The external wall of... | |
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