A Guide To Warwick With Its Castle And Surroundings

Author : Henry T Cooke
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230365947
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (659 download)

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Download or read book An Historical and Descriptive Guide to Warwick Castle [ and C] written by Henry T Cooke and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ... of legendary lore; and although the armour may not have a right to the high antiquity he claims for it, yet, says Gilpin, "they are no improper appendages of the place, as they give the imagination Helmet, 7lbs "Fair Phillis's Slippers." a kind of tinge, which throws an agreeable romantic colour on all the vestiges of this venerable pile." During the strangers walk through the Castle, it is gratifying to state, that the most marked attention is paid to his accommodation; his Gastle receive the most prompt, correct, and polite answers from the highly respectable and intelligent gentleman, under whose direction it is shown; while his love of legends may be gratified to the full, by the old workmen in the grounds, who are ever proud of an opportunity of displaying their knowledge of "mysterious circumstances" which have occurred in "ancient times." Porridge Pot. Holds 120 Gallons. Weight, with the Pork, 8071bs. enquiries respecting the pictures and antiquities in the Thy pious paladins from Jordan's shore, And all thy steel-clad barons are at rest; Thy turrets sound to warden's tread no more, Beneath their brow the dove hath hung her nest; High on thy beams the harmless falcheon shines, No stormy trumpet wakes thy deep repose, Past are the days that on thy serried lines Around thy walls, saw the portcullis close. Sword, 20lbs. TOWN OF WARWICK. The early, as well as the modern, History of Warwick has been so often given, that in a work like the present its re-production would be superfluous. It is our wish merely to guide the visitor to the numerous places of interest in the town and neighbourhood, and having guided him through the castle, shall proceed to describe the other places of interest in the town. The town is remarkably clean and...