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Excerpt from Celebrated Friendships, Vol. 2 of 2 Those who, passing by the main road from Leamington to Warwick, pause on the wide arched bridge which extends across the River Avon, and gaze on the scene below them; the broken arches Of the ancient ivy-mantled bridge just at the castle foot, the Old, strongly-built walls; and then, rising on its foundation Of rock, view the fair rather than grand Old castle, crowned, indeed, with two stately towers, Guy and Caesar; those who thus ponder on that placid scene, the white Swans below, on the river's bosom, adding one Of the features Of serene life to the grim characters of antiquity; may well realise the fact that never has that antiquated pile known a bombardment, nor suffered a siege; that its pos Sessors have been favoured by fortune, esteemed by monarchs yet more prudent than loyal; powerful, no less than brave. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.