 The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made it capable of very strong fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end of the town, upon...  Old and New Nottingham - Page 63by William Howie Wylie - 1853 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Mackinnon - South Africa - 1808 - 520 pages
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love, and acknowledgment of kindnesse to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording roome to lodge souldiers nor provisions. .The castle stands at one end of the towne upon such an eminence... | |
 | Lucy Hutchinson - 1810 - 400 pages
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love, and acknowledgment of kindnesse to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...were very ruinous and unhabitable, neither affording roome to lodge souldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end of the towne upon such an eminence... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - Wives - 1833 - 352 pages
...possess historical interest. " It was built upon a high rock, overlooking the chief streets of the town. Nature had made it capable of very strong fortification, but the buildings were ruinous and uninhabitable. Upon the top of all the rock was a strong tower, which they called the Old... | |
 | James Orange - 1840 - 534 pages
...Mis. Hutchinson informs us, it was then a ruin. The following is taken from her description of it : " The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - Great Britain - 1844 - 726 pages
...arrived, and consented to take the defence of Nottingham Castle, which his lady thus describes : — " The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable. It stands at one end of the town, upon such an eminence as commands the chief streets.... | |
 | Louisa Stuart Costello - Great Britain - 1844 - 486 pages
...it capable of very strong fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable. It stands at one end of the town, upon such an eminence as commands the chief streets. There was a strong tower, called the Old Tower, built on the highest point of the rock, and this was... | |
 | Lucy Hutchinson - Great Britain - 1846 - 554 pages
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love, and acknowledgment of kindness to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...fortification, but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
 | British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...and Mrs. Hutchinson describes the castle and its defensive arrangements. " The castle," she says, " was built upon a rock, and Nature had made it capable...fortification ; but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
 | Edward Herbert (1st baron.) - 1853 - 534 pages
...requital of his bad ones, that he lived and died full of love and acknowledgment of kindness to him. The castle was built upon a rock, and nature had made...streets of the town. There had been enlargements made л this castle after the first building of it. There was a strong tower which they called the old tower,... | |
 | England - 1856 - 586 pages
...and Mrs. Hutchinson describee the castle and its defensive arrangements. " The castle," she says, " was built upon a rock, and Nature had made it capable...fortification ; but the buildings were very ruinous and uninhabitable, neither affording room to lodge soldiers nor provisions. The castle stands at one end... | |
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