Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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... eyes ; " but I know with certainty that mark of the boar's tusk . " Hereward suffered her imagination to clear it- self from the shock it had received so suddenly , before he ventured to enter upon present events , in which there was so ...
... eyes ; " but I know with certainty that mark of the boar's tusk . " Hereward suffered her imagination to clear it- self from the shock it had received so suddenly , before he ventured to enter upon present events , in which there was so ...
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... eye- " Alas ! it was a pleasure to reflect that Hereward was mine by that solemn engagement ! " " Listen to me , my Bertha , " said Hereward , taking her hand : " We were then almost children ; and though our vow was in itself innocent ...
... eye- " Alas ! it was a pleasure to reflect that Hereward was mine by that solemn engagement ! " " Listen to me , my Bertha , " said Hereward , taking her hand : " We were then almost children ; and though our vow was in itself innocent ...
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... eyes for their neighbours , and all that they could say was , that the wife and daughter of Engelred were certainly lost ; and their imaginations suggested so many heart - rending details to this conclusion , that Here- ward gave up all ...
... eyes for their neighbours , and all that they could say was , that the wife and daughter of Engelred were certainly lost ; and their imaginations suggested so many heart - rending details to this conclusion , that Here- ward gave up all ...
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... eye , being the only child of his beloved countess , and sent late in life to bless their marriage bed . It was in the order of things that the lady of Aspramonte , who was considerably younger than the knight , should govern her ...
... eye , being the only child of his beloved countess , and sent late in life to bless their marriage bed . It was in the order of things that the lady of Aspramonte , who was considerably younger than the knight , should govern her ...
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... eyes . She shall be my squire and body attendant , and Launcelot , the bard , shall follow with my spear and shield . " “ And you will return , mistress , " said her mo- ther , " from so foolish an expedition , before the sun sets ...
... eyes . She shall be my squire and body attendant , and Launcelot , the bard , shall follow with my spear and shield . " “ And you will return , mistress , " said her mo- ther , " from so foolish an expedition , before the sun sets ...
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.