Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country: With Copious NotesJ.R. Smith, 1873 - 334 pages |
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Abbey Abbot Allerdale ancient appears arms Baron beautiful beneath Blencathra bright brother Brougham Brougham Castle Broughton Calgarth called Carlisle Castle century Chapel church corn stood green Crag Cross-Fell crown Cumberland Cumbria Dacre daughter death descended district Dunmail Earl earth Edenhall Edward Egremont England feet fell Fleming forest Furness Furness Abbey green on Midsummer-day Hall heart heir Helm Helm wind Henry hills horse Isle John Keswick King Lady lake land lived Lord Clifford Lucy manor marriage married Meschines miles Millom monastery monks mountain neighbourhood neighbouring night o'er parish pass'd peace Penrith Philipsons pile reign remains river Duddon rocks Rottington round Saint says Scotland shore side Sir Lancelot Sir Thomas Broughton soul stone summit tenants Threlkeld tower town tradition tree vale valley wall Westmorland Whitehaven wild William William le Meschines wind Windermere wood Workington
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Page 142 - ... hills, and the shadow and substance joined at their bases so indivisibly that you could make no separation even in your judgment. As I stood on the shore, heaven and the clouds seemed lying under me ; I was looking down into the sky, and the whole range of mountains, having one line of summits under my feet and another above me, seemed to be suspended between the firmaments. Shut your eyes and dream of a scene so unnatural and so beautiful.
Page 326 - Towards the head of these Dales was found 101 GENERAL PICTURE OF SOCIETY a perfect Republic of Shepherds and Agriculturists, among whom the plough of each man was confined to the maintenance of his own family, or to the occasional accommodation of his neighbour.1 Two or three cows furnished each family with milk and cheese.
Page 63 - Souter-fell, and became visible at a place called Knott ; they then moved in regular troops along the side of the fell, till they came opposite to Blakehills, when they went over the mountain. Thus they described a kind of curvilineal path ; and both their first and last appearances were bounded by the top of the mountain.
Page 212 - I become your man from this day forward [of life and limb, and of earthly worship,] and unto you shall be true and faithful, and bear to you faith for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king ; and then the lord, so sitting, shall kiss him.
Page 11 - Simnel, with his tutor Simon, was taken prisoner. Simon being a priest, was not tried at law, and was only committed to close custody : Simnel was too contemptible to be an object either of apprehension or resentment to Henry. He was pardoned, and made a scullion in the king's kitchen ; whence he was afterwards advanced to the rank of a falconer 5.
Page 50 - Sir Launcelot Threlkeld, who lived in the reign of Henry VII., was wont to say, he had three noble houses, one for pleasure, Crosby, in Westmorland, where he had a park full of deer; one for profit and warmth, wherein to reside in winter, namely, Yanwith, nigh Penrith; and the third, Threlkeld, (on the edge of the vale of Keswick), well stocked with tenants to go with him to the wars.
Page 248 - ... simplicity of taste which is found in most houses belonging to the Cistercian monks, which were erected about the same time with Furness Abbey. The round and pointed arches occur in the doors and windows. The fine clustered Gothic and the heavy plain Saxon pillars stand contrasted. The walls shew excellent masonry, are in many places counter-arched, and the ruins discover a strong cement. The east window of the church has been noble ; some of the painted glass that once adorned it is preserved...
Page 54 - By God's blood, thy father slew mine, and so will I do thee and all thy kin : and with that word struck the earl to the heart with his dagger, and bade his chaplain bear the earl's mother and brother word what he had done and said.
Page 53 - Clifford's land, toward the town ; but ere he could enter into a house he was by the said Lord Clifford espied, followed, and taken, and by reason of his apparel demanded what he was. The young gentleman, dismayed, had not a word to speak, but kneeled on his knees, imploring mercy, and desiring grace, both with holding up his hands and making dolorous countenance, for his speech was gone for fear. Save him, said his chaplain, for he is a prince's BOH, and peradventure may do you good hereafter.
Page 246 - In the name of the Blessed Trinity, and in honour of St. Mary of Furness, I, Stephen, Earl of Bologne and Moreton, consulting God, and providing for the safety of my own soul, the soul of my wife the Countess Matilda, the soul of my lord and uncle Henry King of England and Duke of Normandy, and for the souls of all the faithful, living as well as dead ; in the year of our Lord 1127 of the Roman indiction...