... the place then, and were quite safe and comfortable ; whilst in the valley below there were two cows and a milkmaid killed." Again De Courcy remonstrated, uselessly ; for there was not one willing to descend the hill with him, and brave the fury of... The Argosy - Página 467Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Walford - 1818 - 346 páginas
...bank of stones like a vallum 4. One of the most considerable British fortresses in this country is on the summit of one of the highest of the Malvern Hills: it is called the Herefordshire Beacon. The form -t circular, with two large outworks adjoining, supposed... | |
| 1854 - 524 páginas
...descend the hill with him, and brave the fury of the storm : so they gathered themselves together in Lady Harcourt's Tower. Their situation was appalling...the Malvern Hills, the valley beneath them appeared, in the distance, as if it were miles away, and they planted in the air, on that narrow ledge, midway... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1854 - 520 páginas
...descend the hill with him, and brave the fury of the storm : so they gathered themselves together in Lady Harcourt's Tower. Their situation was appalling enough. Perched on the summit of one of the bighest of the Malvern Hills, the valley beneath them appeared, in the distance, as if it were miles... | |
| Robert Stuart - 1854 - 1272 páginas
...ditches, and by ramparts of earth or stones. They have generally two entrances. The Herefordshire Beacon, on the summit of one of the highest of the Malvern hills, is without doubt the remains of an ancient British town. Its height is 1444 feet above the level of... | |
| Mrs. Henry Wood - 1900 - 468 páginas
...hill with him and brave the fury of the storm, preferring the shelter of Lady Harcourt's Tower. The situation was appalling enough. Perched on the summit of one of the highest of the JIalvern hills, the valley beneath them appeared as if it were miles away, and they planted in the... | |
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