Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . Cajile ,, Lindisfarne; General Vie^v ,, ; Rainbotv Arch „ ——•; Norman Porch „ Tynemouth Priory ,, Whitby Abbey „ Net ley Abbey ; Interior „ ,• South Aijle „ Hurjimonceux Cajile ,, Croyland Abbey ; JVeJiern Front „ ; Triangular Bridge ,, Cajileacre Priory ; tVeJi Front „ ; Interior ,, Richmond Cajile „ By land Abbey „ jfedburgh Abbey ; fVeJiern Gateway „ ; South Porch „ Dryburgh Abbey „ Rock of Cajhel; General View „ ; Round Totver „ ; North Tranjept of Cathedral „ Holy-Crofs Abbey „ Cahir Cajile „ S. Thompson Frontifpiece DO. Page 9 DO.
Ruined abbeys and castles of Great Britain and Ireland . Cajile ,, Lindisfarne; General Vie^v ,, ; Rainbotv Arch „ ——•; Norman Porch „ Tynemouth Priory ,, Whitby Abbey „ Net ley Abbey ; Interior „ ,• South Aijle „ Hurjimonceux Cajile ,, Croyland Abbey ; JVeJiern Front „ ; Triangular Bridge ,, Cajileacre Priory ; tVeJi Front „ ; Interior ,, Richmond Cajile „ By land Abbey „ jfedburgh Abbey ; fVeJiern Gateway „ ; South Porch „ Dryburgh Abbey „ Rock of Cajhel; General View „ ; Round Totver „ ; North Tranjept of Cathedral „ Holy-Crofs Abbey „ Cahir Cajile „ S. Thompson Frontifpiece DO. Page 9 DO. 26 W. R. Sedgfield 39 S, Thompson 49 DO. 58 DO. 62 DO. 70 78 92 DO. 96 W. R. Sedgfield 102 DO. 109 DO. 120 DO. 123 DO. 128 DO. 142 T. Ogle 156 172 DO. 173 do. 182 Dr. Hemphill 189 DO. 194 do. 201 DO. 211 DO. 217 Kenilworth Caftle. The ruined caftle beckons me,, 1 The abbey hoar, the foreft dell; /» By ancient halls I wander free. And by the hermits fhattered cell. — ;- --ivn-^^Vt. ^ .;^HE lordly days of the old barons and theglories of feudalifm have found hofts ofcelebrators in poetry, romance, and novelliterature ; but in none of thefe things hasany pen conferred equal intereft with that ofSir Walter Scott. Where he has laid thefcene of one of his ftories, hiftory fallsinto the background, and the genius of other writers feenisto yield only a pale moonlight, Kenilworth was a greatand magnificent caftle, inhabited by princes royal, and thepowerful favourites of princes : fieges ftout from time totime girt its walls, and gorgeous pageants enlivened its hallsand courts and gardens ; but had not Sir Walter Scott madeit the theme of one of his moft thrilling romances, its iviedruins would now have ftood little regarded, though OuecnElizabeth feafted there, though the Earl of Leicefter gave the B 2 KENILWORTH CASTLE. moft elaborate entertainments, and Laneham defcribed them atminuteft length. It is not the gl
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