Nor is it possible that Fludd was thinking of a tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
There were races, too, and riding at the quintain on the castle tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
'Many,' she said, 'but none that you would want to shout across a tiltyard or mention in polite company. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
There were boys in the tiltyard and in the fields doing their martial exercises, but I was not interested because Richard was not among them. From Wordnik.com. [The Reluctant Queen]
Having discovered his whereabouts from one of the garrison who had been in the tiltyard when he returned with the horse, Annais hoped that she was wrong, and kept her thoughts to herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Falcons of Montabard]
I am — forgive the boldness which has offered to you the homage of my country — I am the unhappy Jewess, for whom your husband hazarded his life against such fearful odds in the tiltyard of. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
This is through his comparison of the window and gallery shown in the engraving with the descriptions of the window and gallery in the facade of the royal palace of Whitehall which overlooked the tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
Though in theory any building can be used in the art of memory, and the Whitehall tiltyard might have been quite suitable for the purpose, the history of the art of memory makes it certain that Fludd's memory system is a "Theater" system. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
The trouble with Professor Wickham's suggestion that the Fludd engraving might represent the tiltyard at Whitehall is that it brushes aside the evidence of the text that Fludd is thinking of a "public theater in which comedies and tragedies are acted.". From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
Professor Wickham's remark that the window and gallery seen in the Fludd engarving might be of a similar type to those on the first floor of the palace overlooking the tiltyard is extremely interesting, though he has wrongly interpreted his suggestion. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
If Miss Yates, in drawing attention to the curious engraving in Fludd's Ars Memoriae, has provided historians and critics with a picture of the tiltyard at Whitehall (or possibly that at Greenwich), she is indeed to be thanked; but let us not imagine that it is copied from or illustrates the interior of the Globe. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
That the engraving labeled as a "public theater in which comedies and tragedies are acted" shows a stage wall which might be rather reminiscent of the wall of Whitehall palace, with its window and gallery on the first floor, does not mean that the engraving is wrongly labeled and that it represents the Whitehall tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe Theater] Reference
Nor did the exercises of the tiltyard end at this stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.] Reference
Parlour after his private lessons in the Palace tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [In Brief Authority] Reference
You can enjoy the jousting all afternoon in the tiltyard on the Place Jean Jaurès. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
She had gone out into the tiltyard and had tilted with him, and he had been the victor. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
It was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments were held in the time of Henry VIII. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
Guy, advancing as gaily as if he had been in the tiltyard at Wark, gallantly unhorsed one Saracen with the point of his lance. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.] Reference
I am the unhappy Jewess, for whom your husband hazarded his life against such fearful odds in the tiltyard of Templestowe. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
In the morning, there will be jousting in the tiltyard and the children's and craftsmen's villages will be open, along with the military camp. From Wordnik.com. [PR.com Press Releases] Reference
Templestowe, with the purpose of witnessing the procession; while still greater numbers had already surrounded the tiltyard belonging to that establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
"I am a soldier and I love a soldier's work, but I care not for these tiltyard tricks which were invented for nothing but to tickle the fancies of foolish women.". From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
He was also still a fine figure of a man, when on January 24, 1536, charging at full gallop in the tiltyard, he was knocked from his horse by an opponent and lay unconscious for two hours. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Now our concern with Wark, and its tiltyard, is simply this -- that, within the castle, there were trained in the exercises of chivalry, and qualified for its honours, two striplings, who, when St. Louis took the. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.] Reference
This slow procession moved up the gentle eminence, on the summit of which was the tiltyard, and, entering the lists, marched once around them from right to left, and when they had completed the circle, made a halt. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
And despite the prepossessions and prejudices of the multitude, they shouted unanimously as the knight rode into the tiltyard, The second glance, however, served to destroy the hope that his timely arrival had excited. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
Not content with the easy victories which fall in the tiltyard to the crowned king, Edward was anxious to show that his triumphs belonged to the knight and not to the monarch, and more than once jousted victoriously in disguise. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377)] Reference
The eyes, therefore, of a very considerable multitude, were bent on the gate of the Preceptory of Templestowe, with the purpose of witnessing the procession; while still greater numbers had already surrounded the tiltyard belonging to that establishment. From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
Besides learning to carve, to sing, and to take part in that exciting sport which has been described as 'the image of war' -- such as hawking, and hunting the hare, the deer, the boar, and the wolf -- he ere long signalised himself in the tiltyard by the facility which he displayed in acquiring skill in arms, and in chivalrous exercises. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX.] Reference
And then the boy is out of place here in this rough-and-tumble tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860] Reference
"It is not only that I loved your father, Squire Loring, but it is that I have seen you, half armed as you were, ride against the best of them at the Castle tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Nigel] Reference
A tournament, when in the tiltyard of Whitehall, before king and queen, and lords and ladies, and ambassadors, the Prince of Wales at the head of six young nobles defended the lists against all comers. From Wordnik.com. [Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life] Reference
You always did grace the tiltyard. From Wordnik.com. [The Tudors: King Takes Queen] Reference
I am -- forgive the boldness which has offered to you the homage of my country -- I am the unhappy Jewess, for whom your husband hazarded his life against such fearful odds in the tiltyard of Templestowe. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe] Reference
I am -- - forgive the boldness which has offered to you the homage of my country -- - I am the unhappy Jewess, for whom your husband hazarded his life against such fearful odds in the tiltyard of Templestowe. ". From Wordnik.com. [Ivanhoe. A Romance] Reference
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