 | 1820 - 590 pages
...NO. 65. K forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length , and about half as broad. The form was square, save that the corners were considerably rounded...trumpets, as many pursuivants, and a strong body of mennt-arms for maintaining order, and ascertaining the quality of theknights who proposed to engage... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1820 - 636 pages
...palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. The form was square, save that the corners were considerably rounded...the quality of the knights who proposed to engage in tiiig martial game. ' On a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of... | |
 | Walter Scott - Anglo-Saxons - 1820 - 356 pages
...palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. The form was square, save that the corners were considerably rounded...order, and ascertaining the quality of the knights who pro-, posed to engage in this martial game. On a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a... | |
 | Readers - 1830 - 288 pages
...openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of thelLsts, accessible by strong wooden gates, each wide enough...trumpets, as many pursuivants, and a strong body of men-atarrns, for maintaining order, and ascertaining the quality of the knights who proposed to engage... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. The form was square, save that the corners were considerably rounded...knights who proposed to engage in this martial game. these galleries and the lists, gave accommodation for yeomanry and spectators of a better degree than... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1836 - 576 pages
...order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combat ants weje at the northern and southern extremities of the lists,...for maintaining order, and ascertaining the quality o* the knights who proposed to engage in this martial game On a platform beyond the southern entrance,... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 374 pages
...extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden gates, each wide enough to admit two horsemen abreast. At each of these portals were stationed two...order, and ascertaining the quality of the knights who professed to engage in this martial sport" On a platform, beyond the southern entrance, occupying the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 410 pages
...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. the a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of the ground, were pitched... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1846 - 414 pages
...entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by stout wooden gates, each wide enough to admit two horsemen...the quality of the knights who proposed to engage. The exterior of the lists was in part occupied by temporary galleries spread with tapestry and carpets,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...palisades, forming a space of a quarter of a mile in length, and about half as broad. 3. At each of the portals were stationed two heralds, attended by six...knights who proposed to engage in this martial game. 4. On a platform beyond the southern entrance, formed by a natural elevation of the ground, were pitched... | |
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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... 
