The Last of the Plantagenets: An Historical Romance Illustrating Some of the Public Events, and Domestic and Ecclesiastical Manners, of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, Volumen 2J & J Harper, 1829 |
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... close at hand . " " Oh ! say not so , mine honoured Lord , " replied I , bending over him and taking his thin wasted hand , whereon were hanging the clammy dews of death , " say not so , since I have brought with me certain most potent ...
... close at hand . " " Oh ! say not so , mine honoured Lord , " replied I , bending over him and taking his thin wasted hand , whereon were hanging the clammy dews of death , " say not so , since I have brought with me certain most potent ...
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... close of the four- teenth century , and is sometimes said to have included the whole of the Scriptures ; though it more probably contained only a few texts which were painted on the walls of the Chapel in Berkeley Castle , executed by ...
... close of the four- teenth century , and is sometimes said to have included the whole of the Scriptures ; though it more probably contained only a few texts which were painted on the walls of the Chapel in Berkeley Castle , executed by ...
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... close . On the morning of yesterday , I chanced to find a crust , full hard and mouldy and black with age , such as in the days of my pride I would not have cast unto a hound that I held in any favour ; on the which , howbeit , I now ...
... close . On the morning of yesterday , I chanced to find a crust , full hard and mouldy and black with age , such as in the days of my pride I would not have cast unto a hound that I held in any favour ; on the which , howbeit , I now ...
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... close up his . His tongue did now begin alto- gether to fail him , and his eyes looked set in his head as if their sight were gone ; whilst his words came thick and obscure , so that I might scarcely hear them . Yet was his look high ...
... close up his . His tongue did now begin alto- gether to fail him , and his eyes looked set in his head as if their sight were gone ; whilst his words came thick and obscure , so that I might scarcely hear them . Yet was his look high ...
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... close his eyes , unto the which I sadly addressed myself . He had so orderly settled himself to die , that there was little left for me to perform for him ; yet did I compose him so , that he should have the semblance of one who rested ...
... close his eyes , unto the which I sadly addressed myself . He had so orderly settled himself to die , that there was little left for me to perform for him ; yet did I compose him so , that he should have the semblance of one who rested ...
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abbey abbot albeit anon answered aught barque behold Bermondsey Bermondsey Abbey Bernard Schalken blessed brethren Burgundy chamber chapel Christ Christopher Urswicke church Dartford death deemed desire devoted unto divers Duke of Burgundy Dutchess earth England eyes fair faith father fear forthwith gentle goodly Harry Tudor hastily hath hazard hear heard heart heaven Henry Henry VII holy honour hope hour house of York Howbeit King Lady of Walsingham live lodging look Lord Lovel methought monastery monks never nigh night noble nought once passed peradventure perchance pious pray prioress realm replied responded rich Richard Richard Plantagenet Robert Langlande royal seemed unto shrine sister soldier solemn soon sooth sorrow soul spake speech suddenly Tabard thee thereof thereunto thine thither Thomas Moyle thought tion told tomb tranquil trow truly truth visage voice Walsingham ween wherein whereupon whilst wondrous wont
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Página 177 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers,) And mark'd the mild angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there...
Página 177 - Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart The doom he dreads, yet dwells upon ; Yes, but for these, and these alone, Some moments, ay, one treacherous hour, He still might doubt the tyrant's power ; So fair, so calm, so softly seal'd, The first, last look by death reveal'd...
Página 126 - Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land — Good night...
Página 126 - ... sacrament publicly, and appointed an eloquent and devout friar to preach a sermon of contempt of the world, and of the happiness and benefit of a quiet and contemplative life, which the friar did most affectionately. After which sermon, the Emperor took occasion to declare openly, " that the preacher had begot in him a resolution to lay down his dignities, and to forsake the world, and betake himself to a monastical life.
Página 99 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Página 18 - Dalmatia, Poland, where not, sir ? I have been a poor servitor, by sea and land, any time this fourteen years, and followed the fortunes of the best commanders in Christendom. I was twice shot at the taking of Aleppo, once at the relief of Vienna ; I have been at Marseilles, Naples, and the...
Página 177 - And but for that chill changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appals the gazing mourner's heart, As if to him it could impart...
Página 158 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Página 156 - Which broke her thread of life, and rent a husband's heart. How shall I e'er forget that dreadful hour, When, feeling death's resistless power, My hand she press'd, wet with her falling tears, And thus, in faltering accents, spoke her fears...
Página 135 - Contemn riches, and thou shalt be rich ; contemn glory, and thou shalt be glorious ; contemn injuries, and thou shalt be a conqueror ; contemn rest, and thou shalt gain rest ; contemn earth, and thou shalt find Heaven.