 Ethelred attacked and forcibly fought against ; but, by the resistance of the Danes, it proved but a vain endeavour. There was, at that time, a bridge erected over the river between the City and Southwark, so wide, that if two carriages met, they could...  Chronicles of London Bridge - Pagina 25di Richard Thomson - 1827 - 687 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 442 pagine
...shore." Snorro prefaces his details of the battle by the following description of the Bridge : — " There was, at that time, a Bridge erected over the...were erected Ramparts and Castles that were defended at the top by penthouse-bulwarks and sheltered turrets, covering to the breast those who were fighting... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1829 - 442 pagine
...shore." Snorro prefaces his details of the battle by the following description of the Bridge : — " There was, at that time, a Bridge erected over the...were erected Ramparts and Castles that were defended at the top by penthouse-bulwarks and sheltered turrets, covering to the breast those who were fighting... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 432 pagine
...battle, (the first assault having proved unsuccessful) by the following description of the Bridge : — " There was, at that time, a Bridge erected over the...upon the river, were erected ramparts and castles, which were defended at the top by pent-house bulwarks and sheltered turrets, covering to the breast... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1834 - 428 pagine
...battle, (the first assault having proved unsuccessful) by the following description of the Bridge : — " There was, at that time, a Bridge erected over the...upon the river, were erected ramparts and castles, which were defended at the top by pent-house bulwarks and sheltered turrets, covering to the breast... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pagine
...wood, stone, and turf, with a large garrison placed there to strengthen it. This the king Ethelred attacked and forcibly fought against ; but, by the...ramparts and castles, that were defended on the top by penthouses, bulwarks, and sheltered turrets, covering to the breast those who were fighting in them... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 652 pagine
...wood, stone, and turf, with a large garrison placed there to strengthen it. This, the King Ethelred attacked, and forcibly fought against, but, by the...ramparts and castles that were defended on the top by penthouse bulwarks and sheltered turrets, covering to the breast those who were fighting in them :... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 678 pagine
...stone, and turf, with a large garrison placed there to strengthen it. This the king, Ethelred, .... attacked and forcibly fought against ; but by the...if two carriages met they could pass each other." This structure King Olave and his Norsemen destroyed by rowing their ships up close to the bridge,... | |
 | John Sherren Brewer - 1881 - 518 pagine
...as befitted Londoners to build. ' There was at that time'—ie AD 1008—says the old chronicler,' a bridge erected over the river between the city and...could pass each other. At the sides of the bridge, which looked upon the river, castles and ramparts were erected, with breastworks, to shelter those... | |
 | John Sherren Brewer - 1881 - 506 pagine
...of hurdle-houses and whitewash ; the streets were not so broad, probably, as the grand old bridge— so wide that ' if two carriages met they could pass each other.' There were no floors to the houses, and no flags to the streets ; for on one stormy night the beams... | |
 | Charles Welch - 1894 - 322 pagine
...the year 1008, described the bridge over the river, then existing between the City and South wark, as "so wide that if two carriages met they could pass each other." The Danes were at that time in possession of Southwark and also of the bridge, which they had strongly... | |
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