Windsor Castle
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 344
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 344
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Published: 1844
Total Pages: 348
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Published: 2019
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Published: 2020-09-28
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 1465604006
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the twentieth year of the reign of the right high and puissant King Henry the Eighth, namely, in 1529, on the 21st of April, and on one of the loveliest evenings that ever fell on the loveliest district in England, a fair youth, having somewhat the appearance of a page, was leaning over the terrace wall on the north side of Windsor Castle, and gazing at the magnificent scene before him. On his right stretched the broad green expanse forming the Home Park, studded with noble trees, chiefly consisting of ancient oaks, of which England had already learnt to be proud, thorns as old or older than the oaks, wide-spreading beeches, tall elms, and hollies. The disposition of these trees was picturesque and beautiful in the extreme. Here, at the end of a sweeping vista, and in the midst of an open space covered with the greenest sward, stood a mighty broad-armed oak, beneath whose ample boughs, though as yet almost destitute of foliage, while the sod beneath them could scarcely boast a head of fern, couched a herd of deer. There lay a thicket of thorns skirting a sand-bank, burrowed by rabbits, on this hand grew a dense and Druid-like grove, into whose intricacies the slanting sunbeams pierced; on that extended a long glade, formed by a natural avenue of oaks, across which, at intervals, deer were passing. Nor were human figures wanting to give life and interest to the scene. Adown the glade came two keepers of the forest, having each a couple of buckhounds with them in leash, whose baying sounded cheerily amid the woods. Nearer the castle, and bending their way towards it, marched a party of falconers with their well-trained birds, whose skill they had been approving upon their fists, their jesses ringing as they moved along, while nearer still, and almost at the foot of the terrace wall, was a minstrel playing on a rebec, to which a keeper, in a dress of Lincoln green, with a bow over his shoulder, a quiver of arrows at his back, and a comely damsel under his arm, was listening. On the left, a view altogether different in character, though scarcely less beautiful, was offered to the gaze. It was formed by the town of Windsor, then not a third of its present size, but incomparably more picturesque in appearance, consisting almost entirely of a long straggling row of houses, chequered black and white, with tall gables, and projecting storeys skirting the west and south sides of the castle, by the silver windings of the river, traceable for miles, and reflecting the glowing hues of the sky, by the venerable College of Eton, embowered in a grove of trees, and by a vast tract of well-wooded and well-cultivated country beyond it, interspersed with villages, churches, old halls, monasteries, and abbeys.
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2024-02-25
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 3385351405
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Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 392
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Published: 1850
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Publisher: Chivers North America
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 390
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First sentence: In the twentieth year of the reign of the right high and puissant King Henry the Eighth namely in 1529 on the 21st of April and on one of the loveliest evenings that ever fell on the loveliest district in England a fair youth having somewhat the appearance of a page was leaning over the terrace wall on the north side of Windsor Castle and gazing at the magnificent scene before him.
Author: W. Harrison Ainsworth
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Published: 2015-07-11
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781331168324
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Windsor Castle: An Historical Romance About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher: Arkose Press
Published: 2015-09-27
Total Pages: 952
ISBN-13: 9781343585430
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