Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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Página 292
... governor ; and therefore , unless your lady- ship's commands be positive , I think we had best not trust ourselves to their hospitality . " " Of a surety , no , " said the lady , " if thou canst provide me with lodgings where we shall ...
... governor ; and therefore , unless your lady- ship's commands be positive , I think we had best not trust ourselves to their hospitality . " " Of a surety , no , " said the lady , " if thou canst provide me with lodgings where we shall ...
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... governor , since he has undertaken the trouble- some job of keeping a castle which is esteemed so much more dangerous than any other within Scot- land , has become one of the most cautious and jea- lous men in the world , we had better ...
... governor , since he has undertaken the trouble- some job of keeping a castle which is esteemed so much more dangerous than any other within Scot- land , has become one of the most cautious and jea- lous men in the world , we had better ...
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... governor or deputy - governor , in order that he may see there is no offence in thee , I think there may be permission granted for thy son's residing here in the convent hard by , ( where the nuns , by the way , are as old as the monks ...
... governor or deputy - governor , in order that he may see there is no offence in thee , I think there may be permission granted for thy son's residing here in the convent hard by , ( where the nuns , by the way , are as old as the monks ...
Página 312
... governor of Douglas Castle . To prevent all suspicion respecting himself and his companion , as well as the risk of the latter being disturbed , the minstrel thought it proper to present himself to the inspection of this knight , the ...
... governor of Douglas Castle . To prevent all suspicion respecting himself and his companion , as well as the risk of the latter being disturbed , the minstrel thought it proper to present himself to the inspection of this knight , the ...
Página 329
... , unjustly , possessed themselves of his father's abode . " " O , " replied Sir Aymer de Valence , " we have heard much of his achievements in this respect , and of his threats against our governor and ourselves ; yet CASTLE DANGEROUS .
... , unjustly , possessed themselves of his father's abode . " " O , " replied Sir Aymer de Valence , " we have heard much of his achievements in this respect , and of his threats against our governor and ourselves ; yet CASTLE DANGEROUS .
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.