A Summer's Day at Windsor, and a Visit to Eton |
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Page 94 - arts of southern refinement. He did everything in his power to win his countrymen to the gay, the elegant, and gentle arts, which soften and refine the character of a people, and wreathe a grace round the loftiness of a proud and warlike spirit. He wrote many poems, which, unfortunately for the fulness of his fame, are
Page 3 - As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to sooth. And, redolent of joy and youth, To breath a second spring.
Page 92 - other parts of the Castle, and a great flight of steps leads to the interior. In the armoury, which is a gothic hall furnished with weapons of various kinds and ages, I was shewn a coat of armour hanging against the wall which I was told
Page 80 - and to linen, which touched it. The back part of the scalp was entirely perfect, and had a remarkably fresh appearance; the pores of the skin being more distinct, as they usually are when soaked in moisture ; and the tendons and ligaments of the
Page 80 - of considerable substance and firmness. The hair was thick at the back part of the head, and, in appearance, nearly black. A portion of it, which has since been cleaned and dried, is of a beautiful dark brown colour. That of the
Page 78 - and discoloured. The forehead and temples had lost little or nothing of their muscular substance ; the cartilage of the nose was gone ; but the left eye, in the first moment of exposure, was open and full,
Page 92 - and historians, was for many years of his youth detained a prisoner of state. It is a huge grey tower, that has stood the brunt of ages, and is still in good preservation. It stands on a mound which elevates it above
Page 80 - the surfaces of the divided portions perfectly smooth and even : an appearance which could have been produced only by a heavy blow, inflicted with a very sharp instrument, and which furnished the last proof wanting to identify Charles the First.
Page 92 - to a suite of apartments of faded magnificence, hung with storied tapestry, which formed his prison, and the scene of that passionate and fanciful amour which has woven into the web of his story the magical hues of poetry and fiction.
Page 95 - Matchless his pen, victorious was his lance, Hold in the lists, and graceful in the dance; In the same shades the Cupids tuned his lyre, In the same notes of love and soft desire: Fair