| John Young - 1810 - 432 страница
...' beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield ' and the pleasant town of Doncaster. — Here haunted of ' yore the fabulous dragon of Wantley...during the civil wars ' of the Roses ; and here also nourished in ancient times ' those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been ' rendered so popular... | |
| 1820 - 760 страница
...century. We have read of bondsmen, serfs, and men ascripti gleba?, but we never saw them before. " The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of that forest, which we hare mentioned in the beginning of the chapter. Hundreds of broad short-stemmed... | |
| Walter Scott - 1820 - 356 страница
...wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley...deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. Such being our chief scene, the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1822 - 550 страница
...wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley;...deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. Such being our chief scene, the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 852 страница
...seats of Wentworth, of WamclifFe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Draimn of Wantley ; here were fought many of the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses j ana here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendered... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 576 страница
...wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherharn. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley ; here were fought many of the most desperate bait'es during the civil wars of the Roses ; and here also flourished in ancient times th6se bands... | |
| George Oliver - 1836 - 226 страница
...above passage without reverting to the opening scene in Scott's inimitable novel pf Ivanhoe : — " The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of the forest. Hundreds of broad short-stemmed oaks, which had witnessed, perhaps, the stately march of... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 страница
...sunset upon a forest, with a conversation between Gurth the swineherd and Wamba the jester : — " The sun was setting upon one of the rich grassy glades of Sherwood Forest. Hundreds of broad short-stemmed oaks, which had witnessed perhaps the stately march... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - 410 страница
...wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wtentworth, of Wharncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley...deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. Such being our chief scene, the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of... | |
| Walter Scott - 1844 - 748 страница
...wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of \VbarnclifFe Park, and around Rotherham. Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley;...deeds have been rendered so popular in English song. Such being our chief scene, the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of... | |
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