Royal castles of England; comprising an account of those ancient fortresses which from the days of William the Conqueror either were the homes of English sovereigns or have been intimately associated with the history and romance of their lives (1913)
Shelley, Henry Charles. [from old catalog] · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 346
hat he was no morea regal figure on horseback than on a throne. Itwas said of him, indeed, that he had such a fashionof riding that it could not so properly be said herode as that his horse carried him. Hence thenatural disappointment of that countryman whofigures in this anecdote. I will write you… … A-Hunting with King James 257 you courtiers, I conceive, than to us country swains;in the height whereof comes a clown galloping in,and staring full in his face; Sblood, quoth he, am I come forty miles to see a fellow? and pres-ently in a great rage turns about his horse, andaway he goes faster…
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