Count Robert of Paris and Castle DangerousRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Company, London., 1832 - 330 páginas |
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... matter astir , which will pro- bably prevent much enquiry about him . " The Countess Brenhilda assented , for she was not one of those timorous females to whom the counte- nances of the dead are objects of terror . Trusting to the ...
... matter astir , which will pro- bably prevent much enquiry about him . " The Countess Brenhilda assented , for she was not one of those timorous females to whom the counte- nances of the dead are objects of terror . Trusting to the ...
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... matters not , " replied her father , " since my destiny calls me , and since thine ordains thee to be my torch - bearer . Believe it , and record . it , if thou darest , in thy book , that Alexius Com- nenus does not , without alarm ...
... matters not , " replied her father , " since my destiny calls me , and since thine ordains thee to be my torch - bearer . Believe it , and record . it , if thou darest , in thy book , that Alexius Com- nenus does not , without alarm ...
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... matters not , " said Anna Comnena ; " I tell you true . My father even now held con- ference with a miserable - looking prisoner whom he so named . " " It is a danger the more , " said the Cæsar ; " he cannot have forgotten the zeal ...
... matters not , " said Anna Comnena ; " I tell you true . My father even now held con- ference with a miserable - looking prisoner whom he so named . " " It is a danger the more , " said the Cæsar ; " he cannot have forgotten the zeal ...
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... matter ; yet , as trusted both by the noble Ursel , and by his highness the Emperor , I have made a brief abstract of these short conditions to be kept by the high parties towards each other , sub crimine falsi . " The Emperor ...
... matter ; yet , as trusted both by the noble Ursel , and by his highness the Emperor , I have made a brief abstract of these short conditions to be kept by the high parties towards each other , sub crimine falsi . " The Emperor ...
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... matter is to end . " " An excellent motion , my ingenious friend , " said Lascaris , which was the name of the other citizen ; but , bethink you , shall we not be in danger from the missiles with which the auda- cious Latins will not ...
... matter is to end . " " An excellent motion , my ingenious friend , " said Lascaris , which was the name of the other citizen ; but , bethink you , shall we not be in danger from the missiles with which the auda- cious Latins will not ...
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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...