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... whole days in wandering about the antique apartments , examining ,
measuring , studying , and finding out excellent reasons for architectural
peculiarities , which probably only owed their existence to the freakish fancy of a
Gothic artist .
... whole days in wandering about the antique apartments , examining ,
measuring , studying , and finding out excellent reasons for architectural
peculiarities , which probably only owed their existence to the freakish fancy of a
Gothic artist .
Page 47
One end of this long and dusky apartment was entirely occupied by a gallery ,
which had in ancient times served to accommodate the musicians and minstrels .
There was a clumsy stair - case at either side of it , composed of entire logs of a ...
One end of this long and dusky apartment was entirely occupied by a gallery ,
which had in ancient times served to accommodate the musicians and minstrels .
There was a clumsy stair - case at either side of it , composed of entire logs of a ...
Page 48
... our duties are done . - Whither lead these entrances ? ” " That to the right , ”
replied the keeper , “ leads to what are called the state - apartments , not used
since the year sixteen hundred and thirty - nine , when his blessed 48
WOODSTOCK.
... our duties are done . - Whither lead these entrances ? ” " That to the right , ”
replied the keeper , “ leads to what are called the state - apartments , not used
since the year sixteen hundred and thirty - nine , when his blessed 48
WOODSTOCK.
Page 49
Thou sayest , then , these were the apartments of Charles Stuart ? ” " And of his
father , James , before him , and ... The Knight Ranger ' s apartment lies by that
passage to the left . ” “ And whither goes yonder stair which seems both to lead ...
Thou sayest , then , these were the apartments of Charles Stuart ? ” " And of his
father , James , before him , and ... The Knight Ranger ' s apartment lies by that
passage to the left . ” “ And whither goes yonder stair which seems both to lead ...
Page 50
He acted as the usher , however , and led on towards the ranger ' s apartments .
... At the end of this passage , a small ante - room received them , into which
opened the sitting apartment of the good knight — which , in the style of the times
...
He acted as the usher , however , and led on towards the ranger ' s apartments .
... At the end of this passage , a small ante - room received them , into which
opened the sitting apartment of the good knight — which , in the style of the times
...
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| Title | Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Volume 1 of Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 370 pages |
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