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... there , are watchful , if not fearful . Four gates have I passed , and the warders and armed sentinels have let me proceed without a challenge ; but in olden times the drawbridge to the Tower was always 16 THE TOWER OF LONDON .
... there , are watchful , if not fearful . Four gates have I passed , and the warders and armed sentinels have let me proceed without a challenge ; but in olden times the drawbridge to the Tower was always 16 THE TOWER OF LONDON .
Page 17
... gates were always closed . Traitors ' Gate looks gloomy ; but if so to me , how much more so must it have appeared to the many who have passed under that low - browed arch , with almost the certainty that they would never again return ...
... gates were always closed . Traitors ' Gate looks gloomy ; but if so to me , how much more so must it have appeared to the many who have passed under that low - browed arch , with almost the certainty that they would never again return ...
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... gates of mercy are closed against them for ever . In this cell , formed within the thickness of the wall , it is said that sir Walter Raleigh stretched his imprison- ed limbs . There are inscriptions cut on the angles of its entrance ...
... gates of mercy are closed against them for ever . In this cell , formed within the thickness of the wall , it is said that sir Walter Raleigh stretched his imprison- ed limbs . There are inscriptions cut on the angles of its entrance ...
Page 25
... gates are closed , and glittering corslet and pike are reflected on the moat's dark waters . The secret dungeons are crowded ; fetters , torturing- irons and racks are ready ; and officers , jailers , tor- turers , and executioners ...
... gates are closed , and glittering corslet and pike are reflected on the moat's dark waters . The secret dungeons are crowded ; fetters , torturing- irons and racks are ready ; and officers , jailers , tor- turers , and executioners ...
Page 40
... gate ; the richly and royally endowed priory of St. Martin - le- Grand ; and the proud and princely mansion of the duke of Brittany . Even now , I can fancy that I hear the Christmas anthem of a band of brotherhood , portly in form and ...
... gate ; the richly and royally endowed priory of St. Martin - le- Grand ; and the proud and princely mansion of the duke of Brittany . Even now , I can fancy that I hear the Christmas anthem of a band of brotherhood , portly in form and ...
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