Count Robert of ParisRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Company, London., 1832 - 330 páginas |
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... Greek heathens , renowned for their wisdom , and glo- rious for their actions , explained to men of ordi- nary minds the supposed existence of Jupiter and his Pantheon , where various deities presided over various virtues and vices ...
... Greek heathens , renowned for their wisdom , and glo- rious for their actions , explained to men of ordi- nary minds the supposed existence of Jupiter and his Pantheon , where various deities presided over various virtues and vices ...
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... in order to take such false coin as honour in payment . Your in- genuity is but poor , if you cannot devise some excuse which will satisfy the Greeks ; and in good sooth , Briennius , to this battle you go 52 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS .
... in order to take such false coin as honour in payment . Your in- genuity is but poor , if you cannot devise some excuse which will satisfy the Greeks ; and in good sooth , Briennius , to this battle you go 52 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS .
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... to which your courage soars , by the estimation of Greek philo- sophy , and the judgment of our blessed Lady of Mercy , not her of the Broken Lances . " At this moment , an authoritative knock at the door COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 53.
... to which your courage soars , by the estimation of Greek philo- sophy , and the judgment of our blessed Lady of Mercy , not her of the Broken Lances . " At this moment , an authoritative knock at the door COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 53.
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... Greeks : forms simple , yet more graceful in their simplicity , than any which human ingenuity has been able since to invent . With the most splendid specimens which ancient art could afford of those strictly classical models were ...
... Greeks : forms simple , yet more graceful in their simplicity , than any which human ingenuity has been able since to invent . With the most splendid specimens which ancient art could afford of those strictly classical models were ...
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... Greeks an opportunity , either by the orders of Alexius , or the equally powerful man- dates of some of the conspirators , to tow six ships of war , full of armed men , and provided with the maritime offensive weapons peculiar to the Greeks ...
... Greeks an opportunity , either by the orders of Alexius , or the equally powerful man- dates of some of the conspirators , to tow six ships of war , full of armed men , and provided with the maritime offensive weapons peculiar to the Greeks ...
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Achilles Tatius Agelastes alarm Alexius Comnenus ancient Anna Comnena answered appearance archer arms Aymer de Valence Bertram Blacquernal Brenhilda Broken Lances Cæsar called Castle of Douglas combat command Constantinople Count of Paris Count Robert countenance Countess daughter death degree Dickson Douban Douglas Castle dungeons duty Emperor empire Empress English eyes Fabian faithful fate father favour fear feel garrison governor Greek Greek fire hand hath heard 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 suffer supposed thee thine thou art thou hast thou mayst tion trust Ursel Varangian guard voice wild word young knight
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Página 334 - 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 334 - 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, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 109 - 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 202 - ... hero. We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and important remark, that the disorders of the times were the misfortune and the glory of Alexius ; and that every calamity which can afflict a declining empire, was accumulated on his reign by the justice of heaven, and the vices of his predecessors.
Página 235 - 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 334 - 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 18 - 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 8 - 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 201 - 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 166 - 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...