 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 ページ
...palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. At each of the portals were stationed two heralds, attended by six...knights who proposed to engage in this martial game. » Gawain was a son of Douglas, and a bishop in the church. The story of Marmiou. from which this piece... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 480 ページ
...square, save that the corners were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience to the spectators. The openings for the entry of the...men-at-arms for maintaining order, and ascertaining the qiiality of the knights who proposed to engage in this martial game. On a platform beyond the southern... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 ページ
...considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for tho entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern...southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of tho ground, were pitched five magnificent pavilions, adorned with pennons of russet and black, tho... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 ページ
...level bottom, which was enclosed for the lists with strong palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. The...knights who proposed to engage in this martial game. Oil a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of the ground, were pitched... | |
 | Coleman E. Bishop - 1883 - 384 ページ
...rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entrance of the combatants were at the northern and southern...order, and ascertaining the quality of the knights who propose to engage in this martial game. On a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1886 - 388 ページ
...level bottom, which was enclosed for the lists with strong palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. The...knights who proposed to engage in this martial game." — Scott in "IvanTioe." " Those who would get a clear idea of the battle of Waterloo have only to... | |
 | John Scott Clark - 1886 - 406 ページ
...level bottom, which was enclosed for the lists with strong palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. The...the knights who proposed to engage in this martial game."—Scott in "Ivanhoe." " Those who would get a clear idea of the battle of Waterloo have only... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 182 ページ
...convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and "5 southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong...pursuivants, and a strong body of men-at-arms for maintain- *> ing order and ascertaining the quality of the knights who proposed to engage in this martial... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 200 ページ
...convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and ,s southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong...pursuivants, and a strong body of men-at-arms for maintain- » ing order and ascertaining the quality of the knights who proposed to engage in this martial... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 184 ページ
...convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the corrlbatjants were at the northern and 15 southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong...stationed two heralds, attended by six trumpets, as many p,u> suivantSj and a strong body of men-at-arms for maintain- 20 ing order and ascertaining the quality... | |
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The form of the enclosure was an oblong square, save that the corners were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of... 
