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" The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy a humble... "
The Index Guide to Travel and Art-study in Europe: a Compendium of ... - Page 185
by Lafayette Charles Loomis - 1888 - 573 pages
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Kenilworth;: A Romance, Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 352 pages
...is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. V .-a ii.' uA.ii'i. -ii . T. . It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of...
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The Abbot: Being a Sequel of The Monastery

Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pages
...is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate countess of Leicester viewed those gray and...
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Kenilworth;: A Romance, Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 350 pages
...is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the...happiness of those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous content, ment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed...
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Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'.

sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 414 pages
...is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the...possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 2

1821 - 502 pages
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an .•nimble lot in virtuous contentment.' \ The gay Raleigh: — the rude Blount — and the voluble...
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Kenilworth: A Romance, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1821 - 340 pages
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate countess...
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The Visitors' New Guide to the Spa of Leamington Priors, and Its Vicinity ...

William Thomas Moncrieff - 1824 - 396 pages
...is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive -ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the...who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment.'"* On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester continued to make K^nilworth his occasional residence,...
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Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley, Volume 18

Walter Scott - 1824 - 434 pages
...is but a rushy swamp : and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and .to impress on the musing visitor the...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and...
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The Saturday Magazine, Volume 1

1833 - 310 pages
...but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the castle only show what their splendour once was, and impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment." On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester made Kenilworth his occasional residence, till...
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Kenilworth

Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and...
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