Count Robert of ParisRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Company, London., 1832 - 330 páginas |
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... render thee hateful or terrible , but can add nothing to thy amiable qualities . ' 99 " Thou pretendest , " said the Countess , " to be a philosopher ; methinks thou shouldst know , that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the tomb of a ...
... render thee hateful or terrible , but can add nothing to thy amiable qualities . ' 99 " Thou pretendest , " said the Countess , " to be a philosopher ; methinks thou shouldst know , that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the tomb of a ...
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... rendering him unable to give almost any other signs of existence , Ursel sunk back upon his seat of captivity , and spoke not another word during the time that Alexius disembarrassed him of those chains which had so long hung about him ...
... rendering him unable to give almost any other signs of existence , Ursel sunk back upon his seat of captivity , and spoke not another word during the time that Alexius disembarrassed him of those chains which had so long hung about him ...
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... render his assistance , and see that you send also the experienced leech , Douban . " 1 Terrified , half - stifled , and half - struck with hor- ror , the lady yet felt a degree of relief from the somewhat milder tone in which her ...
... render his assistance , and see that you send also the experienced leech , Douban . " 1 Terrified , half - stifled , and half - struck with hor- ror , the lady yet felt a degree of relief from the somewhat milder tone in which her ...
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... rendered the task no way disagreeable to a beau- tiful woman . The schemes of conquest are so natural to the fair sex , and the whole idea passed so quickly through Anna Comnena's mind , that having first entered while the soldier's ...
... rendered the task no way disagreeable to a beau- tiful woman . The schemes of conquest are so natural to the fair sex , and the whole idea passed so quickly through Anna Comnena's mind , that having first entered while the soldier's ...
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... render the scene of my apprehension dubious or fatal . Nicephorus Briennius is Cæsar no longer , and he thus throws at the feet of his Princess and spouse , the only poor means which he has of resisting the just doom which is there ...
... render the scene of my apprehension dubious or fatal . Nicephorus Briennius is Cæsar no longer , and he thus throws at the feet of his Princess and spouse , the only poor means which he has of resisting the just doom which is there ...
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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...