... between the history and the fairy tale. There is something extremely picturesque in the tombs of these adventurers, decorated as they are with rude armorial bearings and Gothic sculpture. They comport with the antiquated chapels in which they... The environs of Reading - Page 47edited by - 1843 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1821 - 438 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader ; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction ; between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - American essays - 1822 - 424 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader ; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction ; between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1820 - 438 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction; between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1824 - 804 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader ; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction; between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1834 - 320 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction ; between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1836 - 250 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader ; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction — between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| W. Fletcher - 1840 - 146 pages
...1756 it was purchased of the Earl of Abingdou, by Richard Palmer, esq. of Sonning. AID WORTH CHUBCH. On a slight eminence is situated THE CHURCH. In the...are by the relics of times long passed away, by the efiigies of those with whose manners and customs ours have no affinity ; every thing too, bearing upon... | |
| Washington Irving - 1848 - 478 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction; be10 tween the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - Readers - 1849 - 276 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader ; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction ; between the history and the fairy tale.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1849 - 544 pages
...token of the warrior's having been engaged in the holy war. It was the tomb of a crusader; of one of those military enthusiasts, who so strangely mingled religion and romance, and whose exploits form the connecting link between fact and fiction; be10 tween the history and the fairy tale.... | |
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