 | William Crowe - Landscapes - 1788 - 252 pages
...Court [as many times he did upon no fmall employments) this Caftle being right in the way, he caft fuch an eye upon it as Ahab did upon Naboth's Vineyard. And, once above the reft, being talking of it (of the commodioufnefs of the place, of the ftrength of the feat, and how... | |
 | 1802 - 442 pages
...court, as many times he did upon no fmall imploiments, this caftle being right in the way, he caft fuch an eye upon it as Ahab did upon Naboth's vineyard, and once above the reft being talking of it, of the commodioulnefle of the place, of the itrength of the feat, and how... | |
 | Sir John Harington - Great Britain - 1804 - 438 pages
...betweene Plymouth and the court,, as many times he did upon no small imployments, this castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye upon it as Achab did upon Naboths vyneyard ; and once above the rest, being talking of it, of the commodiousness... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1829 - 714 pages
...castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye " upon it, as Ahab did," says he, " upon NabotlTs vineyard ; " and once above the rest being talking of it, of the com" modiousness of the place, of the strength of the seat, " and how easily it might be got from the... | |
 | English essays - 1853 - 706 pages
...and the Court (as many times be did upon no small employments), this castle being right in the nay, he cast such an eye upon it as Ahab did upon Naboth's...vineyard. And, once above the rest, being talking of it (the commodiousness of the place, and of the great strength of the seat, and how easily it might be... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - Great Britain - 1854 - 346 pages
...who had omitted to read the very first paragraph ?f His religion might have taught him what he might Ahab did upon Naboth's vineyard ; and once above the rest, being talking of it, of the coiumodiousness of the place, of the strength of the seat, and how easily it might be got from the... | |
 | Charles Whitehead - Great Britain - 1854 - 344 pages
...those ilays, upon no small employments, between Plymouth and the court, when .Sherborne Castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye upon it as Father Parsons, the Jesuit, a man of learning, but malicious and bigoted, wrote a libel, in which the... | |
 | John Timbs - Historic buildings - 1872 - 598 pages
...it happened one day that Sir Walter, riding post between Plymouth and the Court, "the Castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye upon it as Ahab...talking of it (of the commodiousness of the place, and of the great strength of the seat, and how easily it might be got from the Bishopric), suddenly... | |
 | Joel Cook - England - 1899 - 520 pages
...one day Raleigh, journeying from Plymouth to London, the ancient historian savs, " the castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye upon it as Ahab did upon VoL. II.— 39 Naboth's vineyard, and once, above the rest, being talking of it, of the commodiousness... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1853 - 744 pages
...between Plymouth and the Court (as many times he did upon no small employments), this castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye upon it as Ahab...vineyard. And, once above the rest, being talking of it (the commodiousness of the place, and of the great strength of the seat, and how easily it might be... | |
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Castle being right in the way, he cast such an eye upon it as Ahab did upon Naboth's vineyard... 