This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...each taking about a dozen people through at a time. While this lot was passed on, those remaining amused themselves by inspecting the various objects of interest in the hall, the attendant explaining and answering the numerous questions put--many of them very silly and some quite amusing. It struck me that I would not ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: ...each taking about a dozen people through at a time. While this lot was passed on, those remaining amused themselves by inspecting the various objects of interest in the hall, the attendant explaining and answering the numerous questions put--many of them very silly and some quite amusing. It struck me that I would not like to be a chaperon at the Castle. There are a number of the relics of that mythical hero, Guy, Earl of Warwick, kept in the hall--the sword, shield, helmet, breastplate, walking-staff, and tilting pole, all of enormous size; horse armour, a large pot called "Guy's porridge pot," his flesh fork and his ladies' stirrups. Besides other things, there are deers' heads with enormous antlers. While passing around you would hear some feminine seeker after information questioning the attendant: " I say, Mister, do you think that ever a man lived that could eat at one time all that pot would hold? " " Can't say, ma'am; they say that was his regular allowance." " Three times a day? For mercy sake! Sir Guy must have been an awful strong man to handle such a sword as that. Don't you think so?" "He--why he was as strong as Samson." " Tell me, Mister, what is that long stick there for?" " That is a tilting pole." " A tilting pole! What's that?" "A pole used in tilting." " Dear mercy, but what do they do with it?" Here the attendant describes briefly a tilting match. " And do they really ride at one another with such great sticks as that?" " Yes " " Well, I declare, I never heard of such a thing before in all my life!"--and so on. There is a beautiful view from the south windows, and a hundred feet below the Avon laves the found...
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Good Plus. No Dust Jacket. The green boards have gilt letters, cation of a castle turret on cover, the top corner of front board is starting to fray, many illustrations with 616 pp.
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