Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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... means which the outlaws had to maintain , or even to pro- tect themselves . The laws of the Foresters , there- fore , strictly enjoined that marriages should be pro- hibited until the bridegroom was twenty - one years complete . Future ...
... means which the outlaws had to maintain , or even to pro- tect themselves . The laws of the Foresters , there- fore , strictly enjoined that marriages should be pro- hibited until the bridegroom was twenty - one years complete . Future ...
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... means which this offer presented , of extrica- ting herself from the dispute with as little compro- mise of dignity as could well be . " If the good Lord Bishop approved of such a compromise , " she said , " she would for herself ...
... means which this offer presented , of extrica- ting herself from the dispute with as little compro- mise of dignity as could well be . " If the good Lord Bishop approved of such a compromise , " she said , " she would for herself ...
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... means of return to the hither shore will be per- mitted to any of them . " " Alas ! alas ! " said Bertha , " how does this world change us ! The son of Waltheoff I once knew brave , ready to assist distress , bold and generous . Such ...
... means of return to the hither shore will be per- mitted to any of them . " " Alas ! alas ! " said Bertha , " how does this world change us ! The son of Waltheoff I once knew brave , ready to assist distress , bold and generous . Such ...
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... means of doing so . - Yet stay , " he continued , after reflecting for a moment , " thou shalt promise not to let her know that her Count is on the field , far less to point him out to her eye among the press of warriors . O , thou dost ...
... means of doing so . - Yet stay , " he continued , after reflecting for a moment , " thou shalt promise not to let her know that her Count is on the field , far less to point him out to her eye among the press of warriors . O , thou dost ...
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... means by which they propose to act , and these shall instruct us how to meet them . A cer- tain number of the Varangians are unhappily se- duced , under pretence of wrongs , artfully stirred up by their villanous general . A part of ...
... means by which they propose to act , and these shall instruct us how to meet them . A cer- tain number of the Varangians are unhappily se- duced , under pretence of wrongs , artfully stirred up by their villanous general . A part of ...
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.