Thither have been carried, through successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts. Notes and Queries - Página 2031888Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Baron Redesdale - 1913 - 372 páginas
...ages by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties,...oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts." Lord Macaulay's eloquent words rather understate than exaggerate the squalor and decay into which the... | |
| Hugh Walker, Janie Roxburgh Walker - 1913 - 1116 páginas
...ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties,...the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts. Thither was borne, before the window where Jane Grey was praying, the mangled corpse of Guilford Dudley.... | |
| Charles Robert Morley - 1916 - 314 páginas
...successive ages, by the rude hands of jailers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who have been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties,...the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts — in truth, there is no sadder spot on earth than this little cemetery." It is but a step to the... | |
| 1877 - 430 páginas
...ages, by the rude hand of gaolers, without one mourner following, the.bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties,...oracles of senates, and the ornaments of Courts." In i86z the first attempts at the restoration of the chapel was made. The magnificent porch on the... | |
| Walter George Bell - 1920 - 310 páginas
...ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men, who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties,...oracles of senates, and the ornaments of Courts." This is no more than true, and of all that great company of the silent who should lie uneasily— queens,... | |
| Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 290 páginas
...by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, "and the ornaments of courts. " Thither was borne, before the window where Jane Grey was praying, the mangled corpse of Guildford... | |
| 1925 - 428 páginas
...they are being encouraged to contemplate eternal truth among " the once bleeding relics of men who had been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of Senates, the ornaments of Courts" — Bishop Fisher and Thomas Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Margaret of Salisbury,... | |
| Raphael Samuel - 1998 - 434 páginas
...by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who had been captains of armies, the leaders of parties, the oracles of senates, and the ornaments of court. Thither was borne, before the window where Jane Grey was praying, the mangled corpse of Guildford... | |
| 1888 - 668 páginas
...in the little chapel in the Tower, which contains the graves of so many who, according to Mucaulay's graphic pen, have been "the captains of armies, the...hero of the day. The drive was charming from Salle to Blickling, through a richly wooded country, past old houses with curious gables and twisted chimneys,... | |
| 278 páginas
...successive ages, by the rude hands of gaolers, without one mourner following, the bleeding relics of men who have been the captains of armies, the leaders of parties,...oracles of senates, and the ornaments of courts." 22. Architecture, (e) Domestic — Palaces, Houses, Halls of City Companies. London was once a city... | |
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