Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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Página 38
... Ursel , some of them suppose , is dead , but if it were so , his name is sufficient to draw toge- ther his old factionaries - I have a means of satis- fying them on that point , on which I shall remain silent for the present . - A ...
... Ursel , some of them suppose , is dead , but if it were so , his name is sufficient to draw toge- ther his old factionaries - I have a means of satis- fying them on that point , on which I shall remain silent for the present . - A ...
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... Ursel , who lives in the affections of the people , although his body , it is said , has long lain a corpse in the dungeons of the Blacquernal . " " What was this Ursel , " said Hereward , " of whom I hear men talk so variously ? " " A ...
... Ursel , who lives in the affections of the people , although his body , it is said , has long lain a corpse in the dungeons of the Blacquernal . " " What was this Ursel , " said Hereward , " of whom I hear men talk so variously ? " " A ...
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... Ursel , who , submitting , it is said , upon capi- tulation , for life , limb , and liberty , was starved to death by your orders , in the dungeons of the Blac- quernal , and whose courage , liberality , and other popular virtues , are ...
... Ursel , who , submitting , it is said , upon capi- tulation , for life , limb , and liberty , was starved to death by your orders , in the dungeons of the Blac- quernal , and whose courage , liberality , and other popular virtues , are ...
Página 108
... Ursel was confined , and found him reclining in hopeless misery , -all those expectations having faded from his heart which the Count of Paris had by his indomitable gallantry for a time excited . He turned his sightless eyes towards ...
... Ursel was confined , and found him reclining in hopeless misery , -all those expectations having faded from his heart which the Count of Paris had by his indomitable gallantry for a time excited . He turned his sightless eyes towards ...
Página 109
... Ursel , " according to your pleasure ; I have neither strength to remonstrate , nor the force of mind equal to make me set your cruelty at defiance . Of something like light I am sensible ; but whether it is reality or illusion , I ...
... Ursel , " according to your pleasure ; I have neither strength to remonstrate , nor the force of mind equal to make me set your cruelty at defiance . Of something like light I am sensible ; but whether it is reality or illusion , I ...
Términos y frases comunes
abbot Achilles Tatius Agelastes alarm Alexius Comnenus ancient Anna Comnena answered appearance archer arms Aymer de Valence Bertha Bertram Blacquernal Bohemond Brenhilda Cæsar called CASTLE DANGEROUS Castle of Douglas combat command Constantinople Count of Paris Count Robert Countess crusaders danger daughter death degree Dickson Douban Douglas Castle Douglasses duty Emperor English knight eyes Fabian faithful father favour fear garrison Godfrey governor Greek Greek fire guard hand hath heard Heaven Hereward honour horse Immortal Guards Imperial John de Walton lady lance look Lord Lord of Douglas matter ment methinks minstrel Nicephorus Briennius noble occasion pass Patriarch person present Prince Tancred Princess purpose rendered replied respect Robert of Paris Saint Bride Saxon Scottish seemed Sir Aymer Sir John Sir Knight soldier supposed thaim thee thine thou art tion traitor trust Ursel Varangian Varangian guard voice word XLVII young knight youth
Pasajes populares
Página 363 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 124 - And ye shall be betrayed, both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends ; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Página 363 - Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother: They parted— ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining— They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between;— But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, 425 The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 167 - Not only the bold Demetrius and his pupil Lascaris, but all the crowd whom they influenced, fled manfully when the commodore of the Greeks fired the first discharge ; and as the other vessels in the squadron followed his example, the heavens were filled with the unusual and outrageous noise, while the smoke was so thick as to darken the very air.