Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peakRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker & Company London., 1833 |
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Página 40
... prisoner by the insurgent Covenant- ers in that rising which was followed by the battle of Pentland . Sir James is a person even of superior pretensions to Lieutenant - Colonel Monro , having written a Military Treatise on the Pike ...
... prisoner by the insurgent Covenant- ers in that rising which was followed by the battle of Pentland . Sir James is a person even of superior pretensions to Lieutenant - Colonel Monro , having written a Military Treatise on the Pike ...
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... prisoner after the rout at Uttoxeter , demanded his pa- role of honour not to go beyond the walls of Hull with- out liberty . " He brought me the message himself , - I told him , I was ready to do so , provided he removed his guards ...
... prisoner after the rout at Uttoxeter , demanded his pa- role of honour not to go beyond the walls of Hull with- out liberty . " He brought me the message himself , - I told him , I was ready to do so , provided he removed his guards ...
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... prisoner , whom he caused present- ly to be hanged in return for the frankness of his commu- nication . The fine old Border castle of Naworth con- tains a private stair from the apartment of the Lord Wil- liam Howard , by which he could ...
... prisoner , whom he caused present- ly to be hanged in return for the frankness of his commu- nication . The fine old Border castle of Naworth con- tains a private stair from the apartment of the Lord Wil- liam Howard , by which he could ...
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Walter Scott. He effected , by stratagem , the escape of the prisoner . Negroes , therefore , must have been known in England in the dark ages . HUNTING JARGon of the NorMANS . - P . 70 , l . 16 . There was no language which the Normans ...
Walter Scott. He effected , by stratagem , the escape of the prisoner . Negroes , therefore , must have been known in England in the dark ages . HUNTING JARGon of the NorMANS . - P . 70 , l . 16 . There was no language which the Normans ...
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... prisoner can think any entertainment pleasing ; ) but after that certain days were spent , and that the Earl could not obtain the feus of Crossraguel according to his awin appetite , he determined to prove gif a collation could work ...
... prisoner can think any entertainment pleasing ; ) but after that certain days were spent , and that the Earl could not obtain the feus of Crossraguel according to his awin appetite , he determined to prove gif a collation could work ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abbot afterwards ancient appears Ardvoirlich betwixt Blood BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR called Captain Castle character church Countess Countess of Derby court Cumnor curious dance David Ramsay death Deemster Douglas Duke Earl of Derby Edinburgh Edward Christian England executed fairy father favour fortune FORTUNES OF NIGEL gentleman George Heriot give hand hath heard honour horse inhabitants island Isle James Kennaquhair Kilpont King King's lady Laird land lived Lord Majesty manner Melrose Montrose murder narrative never night occasion Oliphaunt party pass Peel Castle person plot Popish Plot present prisoner Queen reader received reign romance Saint scene Scotland Scottish seems seen Sir John Stair Stewart stone story supposed sword taken tale thing Thomas Blood thou thy fate tion told Tower William Christian William de Douglas William Dhône young Zetland
Pasajes populares
Página 438 - There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would, Acts little of his will.
Página 211 - The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the -sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, * Save an unhappy lady's sighs, . That issued from that lonely pile.
Página 7 - If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Página 185 - Lifted her up, a weary weight, Over the threshold of the gate : Then the lady rose again, And moved, as she were not in pain. So free from danger, free from fear, They cross'd the court : right glad they were. And Christabel devoutly cried To the lady by her side ; ' Praise we the Virgin all divine Who hath rescued thee from thy distress!' 'Alas, alas!' said Geraldine, ' I cannot speak for weariness.
Página 212 - I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare, That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. "Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gauds are by? '"Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare.
Página 80 - ... than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal...
Página 408 - Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 180 - Sir this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you, it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood. I pray you let them not.
Página 131 - But though such an unconnected course of adventures is what most frequently occurs in nature, yet the province of the romance writer being artificial, there is more required from him than a mere compliance with the simplicity of reality...
Página 211 - No lark more blithe, no flower more gay ; And, like the bird that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. "If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful earl, it well was prized?