The Quarterly Review, Bind 179William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1894 |
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Side 27
... period , it cannot help us just where help is , for our purpose , most needed . The darkness of the preceding age can only be lightened by the study of material remains . Allusions by chroniclers afford at the best fitful assistance ...
... period , it cannot help us just where help is , for our purpose , most needed . The darkness of the preceding age can only be lightened by the study of material remains . Allusions by chroniclers afford at the best fitful assistance ...
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... period , though in this view Mr. Clark , we gather , would with us . not agree 6 It is not , however , to such defences , but to those of the Anglo - Saxon period that Mr. Clark has devoted special atten- tion . He claims to have been ...
... period , though in this view Mr. Clark , we gather , would with us . not agree 6 It is not , however , to such defences , but to those of the Anglo - Saxon period that Mr. Clark has devoted special atten- tion . He claims to have been ...
Side 37
... period , a con- siderable force . Against such a keep the artillery of the time was , practically , powerless : it was only by mining , as at the great sieges of Rochester in 1215 and Bedford in 1224 , that these formidable strongholds ...
... period , a con- siderable force . Against such a keep the artillery of the time was , practically , powerless : it was only by mining , as at the great sieges of Rochester in 1215 and Bedford in 1224 , that these formidable strongholds ...
Side 39
... period is more original and striking . But we must not pass over his valuable chapters on castles of the Early English period and those of the Edwardian or concentric type . The first great innovation was the use of the cylindrical in ...
... period is more original and striking . But we must not pass over his valuable chapters on castles of the Early English period and those of the Edwardian or concentric type . The first great innovation was the use of the cylindrical in ...
Side 40
... period , and attention was given rather to the strengthening of the surround- ing defences . The cylindrical type was gradually applied to the mural towers of the curtains , new wards were added , and strong gatehouses erected . Thus ...
... period , and attention was given rather to the strengthening of the surround- ing defences . The cylindrical type was gradually applied to the mural towers of the curtains , new wards were added , and strong gatehouses erected . Thus ...
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