Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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... believe me , it were sinful to suppose that the saints have brought us together ⚫ with a view of our being afterwards separated . " Hereward , " said Bertha , " you have not pre- served the bird in your bosom safer than I have ; at ...
... believe me , it were sinful to suppose that the saints have brought us together ⚫ with a view of our being afterwards separated . " Hereward , " said Bertha , " you have not pre- served the bird in your bosom safer than I have ; at ...
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... loatheth the honey - comb . " Then speaking aloud , " My daughter , " he said , " be com- forted ; we ourselves were unwilling to believe the VOL . XLVII . C shameful truth ; but our guards have been debauch- ed COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 33.
... loatheth the honey - comb . " Then speaking aloud , " My daughter , " he said , " be com- forted ; we ourselves were unwilling to believe the VOL . XLVII . C shameful truth ; but our guards have been debauch- ed COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 33.
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... believe . Think you he will have the madness to brand us with such open ne- glect , my father ? and will you not invent some mode of ensuring our revenge ? " " Soh ! " thought the Emperor , " this difficulty is over ; she will run down ...
... believe . Think you he will have the madness to brand us with such open ne- glect , my father ? and will you not invent some mode of ensuring our revenge ? " " Soh ! " thought the Emperor , " this difficulty is over ; she will run down ...
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... believe , that my daughter , Anna Comnena , is not of the temper of her mother , but rather of my own ; honouring , thou mayst see , with religious idelity , the unworthy ties which I hope soon to ' reak , and assort her with other ...
... believe , that my daughter , Anna Comnena , is not of the temper of her mother , but rather of my own ; honouring , thou mayst see , with religious idelity , the unworthy ties which I hope soon to ' reak , and assort her with other ...
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Walter Scott. bravery of his foe . He died , as I believe , in the Blacquernal ; though when , or how , there are few that can say . But , up and be doing , my Here- ward ! Speak encouragement to the Varangians- Interest whomsoever thou ...
Walter Scott. bravery of his foe . He died , as I believe , in the Blacquernal ; though when , or how , there are few that can say . But , up and be doing , my Here- ward ! Speak encouragement to the Varangians- Interest whomsoever thou ...
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
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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.