Count Robert of Paris and Castle DangerousRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Company, London., 1832 - 330 páginas |
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... become the female who carries the pitcher for the needful supply of water to the village well . All who are around me have been taught to pay me the obeisance due to my birth , and while this Nicephorus Briennius crept on his knees to ...
... become the female who carries the pitcher for the needful supply of water to the village well . All who are around me have been taught to pay me the obeisance due to my birth , and while this Nicephorus Briennius crept on his knees to ...
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... become hateful to his once beloved Anna Comnena . Be not afraid that any resistance of mine shall render the scene of my apprehension dubious or fatal . Nicephorus Briennius is Cæsar no longer , and he thus throws at the feet of his ...
... become hateful to his once beloved Anna Comnena . Be not afraid that any resistance of mine shall render the scene of my apprehension dubious or fatal . Nicephorus Briennius is Cæsar no longer , and he thus throws at the feet of his ...
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... become actually mine . It may behove both him and thee to know , that although there is no purpose of remitting him to the dungeons of the Blacquer- nal palace , yet if he , or any on his part , should aspire to head a party in these ...
... become actually mine . It may behove both him and thee to know , that although there is no purpose of remitting him to the dungeons of the Blacquer- nal palace , yet if he , or any on his part , should aspire to head a party in these ...
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... become callous as they harden , and other and better feelings oc- cupy their place , while they gradually die away in forgetfulness . The enjoyments , the amuse- ments of this world , occupy no part of his time upon whom the gates of ...
... become callous as they harden , and other and better feelings oc- cupy their place , while they gradually die away in forgetfulness . The enjoyments , the amuse- ments of this world , occupy no part of his time upon whom the gates of ...
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... become mute and inert when the general signal is given . But tell me , " said he , speaking very low , and for that purpose mounting a bench , which brought him on a level with the centurion's ear , " would it not have been better that ...
... become mute and inert when the general signal is given . But tell me , " said he , speaking very low , and for that purpose mounting a bench , which brought him on a level with the centurion's ear , " would it not have been better that ...
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Achilles Tatius Agelastes alarm Alexius Comnenus ancient Anna Comnena archer arms Aymer de Valence Blacquernal Brenhilda Broken Lances Cæsar called Castle of Douglas combat command conspiracy Constantinople Count of Paris Count Robert countenance Countess crusaders daughter death Dickson Douban Douglas Castle dungeons duty Emperor empire English express eyes Fabian faithful fate father favour fear feel garrison governor Greek Greek fire hand hath heard heart Heaven Hereward honour hope Hugonet husband Immortal Immortal Guards Imperial John de Walton lady Lemnos look lord ment methinks mortal nature Nicephorus Briennius noble Palæstra pardon pass person physician Prince Tancred Princess Proto-spathaire purpose rendered replied Robert of Paris Scottish seemed Sir Aymer Sir John Sir Knight Sir Minstrel soldier stood supposed thee thine thou art thou hast thou mayst tion treach trust Ursel Varangian guard voice wild word young knight
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Página 330 - 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 330 - 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, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 103 - It came flying through the air," says that good knight, " like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination.
Página 71 - Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Bears yet a precious jewel in its head.
Página 231 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Página 4 - One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
Página 14 - WILL you hear a Spanish lady. How shee wooed an English man ? Garments gay as rich as may be Decked with jewels she had on. Of a comely countenance and grace was she, And by birth and parentage of high degree.
Página 197 - Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science, betrays in every page the vanity of a female author.
Página 162 - Curious, not knowing, not exa.ct, but nice, Form short .ideas, and offend in arts (As most in manners) by a love to parts. Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And...