 ... to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made it capable of very strong fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end of...  History and antiquities of Nottingham - Stran 750avtor: James Orange - 1840Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Lucy Hutchinson - 1808 - 514 strani
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived mid died full of love, and acknowledgment of kindnesse to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording roome to lodge souldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
 | James Mackinnon - 1808 - 520 strani
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love, and acknowledgment of kindnesse to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording roome to lodge souldiers nor provisions. .The castle stands at one end... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1833 - 352 strani
...possess historical interest. " It was built upon a high rock, overlooking the chief streets of the town. Nature had made it capable of very strong fortification, but the buildings were ruinous and uninhabitable. Upon the top of all the rock was a strong tower, which they called the Old... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - 1844 - 432 strani
...it capable of very strong fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable. It stands at one end of the town, upon such an eminence as commands the chief streets. There was a strong tower, called the Old Tower, built on the highest point of the rock, and this was... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 strani
...and Mrs. Hutchinson describes the castle and its defensive arrangements. " The castle," she says, " was built upon a rock, and Nature had made it capable...such an eminence as commands the chief streets of the town." We need not follow the details of the siege ; but while standing on the castle terrace,... | |
 | Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1853 - 534 strani
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love and acknowledgment of kindness to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
 | 1856 - 586 strani
...and Mrs. Hutchinson describee the castle and its defensive arrangements. " The castle," she says, " was built upon a rock, and Nature had made it capable...such an eminence as commands the chief streets of the town." We need not follow the details of the siege ; but while standing on the castle terrace,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1857 - 574 strani
...of which a modern building is now also a ruin, produced not by time, but by popular outrage : — " The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made it capable of 496 THE KING'S ATTEMPT TO NEGOTIATE. -[Ш2. very strong fortification ; but the buildings were very... | |
 | John Meredith Read - 1866 - 774 strani
...requitall of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love, and acknowledgment of kindnesse to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording roome to lodge souldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
 | Thomas Chambers Hine - 1876 - 272 strani
...in those times is from the graphic pen of Mrs. Hutchinson, the heroic wife of the governor : — " The Castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The Castle stands at one end... | |
| |
