Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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Página 47
... seemed to come , to which point , indeed , his way was directed for other reasons . The inhabitants of that quarter of the town did not appear violently startled by this military signal . The moonlight slept on the street , crossed by ...
... seemed to come , to which point , indeed , his way was directed for other reasons . The inhabitants of that quarter of the town did not appear violently startled by this military signal . The moonlight slept on the street , crossed by ...
Página 49
... seemed to halt ; but on the Va- rangian crossing the threshold of the ample court- yard , it broke forth again with a tremendous burst , whose clangour almost stunned him , though well accustomed to the sounds . " What is the mean- ing ...
... seemed to halt ; but on the Va- rangian crossing the threshold of the ample court- yard , it broke forth again with a tremendous burst , whose clangour almost stunned him , though well accustomed to the sounds . " What is the mean- ing ...
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... seemed as if their early dis- cipline had called them to exercise ere the fumes of last night's revel were thoroughly dissipated by repose . So soon as they saw Bertha and her party , they approached them with cries which marked their ...
... seemed as if their early dis- cipline had called them to exercise ere the fumes of last night's revel were thoroughly dissipated by repose . So soon as they saw Bertha and her party , they approached them with cries which marked their ...
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... seemed in great perplexity . To break with the Greeks , after having suffered so many injuries in order to maintain the advantage of keeping the peace with them , seemed very impolitic , and a sacrifice of all he had obtained by a long ...
... seemed in great perplexity . To break with the Greeks , after having suffered so many injuries in order to maintain the advantage of keeping the peace with them , seemed very impolitic , and a sacrifice of all he had obtained by a long ...
Página 74
Walter Scott. the same retrograde evolution was continued , and the body of crusaders seemed about to enter the town of Scutari in so extraordinary a fashion , some idea of the truth began to occupy the citizens . The cry at length was ...
Walter Scott. the same retrograde evolution was continued , and the body of crusaders seemed about to enter the town of Scutari in so extraordinary a fashion , some idea of the truth began to occupy the citizens . The cry at length was ...
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.