The fortunes of Roger de Flor: or, The Almugavars |
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... length , about eighteen broad , and nine or ten deep . They were furnished with two short masts , stepped well forward , each of which upon favourable occasions carried a huge latteen sail ; but their more usual mode of progression was ...
... length , about eighteen broad , and nine or ten deep . They were furnished with two short masts , stepped well forward , each of which upon favourable occasions carried a huge latteen sail ; but their more usual mode of progression was ...
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... stern of the vessel . A long table covered with a rich scarlet cloth occupied a considerable portion of the length of this apartment ; and from a beam above it hung the bright silver lamp , whose light has at- tracted THE ALMUGAVARS . 5.
... stern of the vessel . A long table covered with a rich scarlet cloth occupied a considerable portion of the length of this apartment ; and from a beam above it hung the bright silver lamp , whose light has at- tracted THE ALMUGAVARS . 5.
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... length and thickness . His dress was the usual armour of the period , which was so very very different from what it is generally supposed to have been , that it will be well to describe it . In the beginning of the fourteenth century ...
... length and thickness . His dress was the usual armour of the period , which was so very very different from what it is generally supposed to have been , that it will be well to describe it . In the beginning of the fourteenth century ...
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... length of time before the commencement of this narrative , Charles of Anjou had proclaimed his intention of as- serting his right to the throne of the Two Sicilies , and had sent his defiance to the sultan of Nocera , —as he ironically ...
... length of time before the commencement of this narrative , Charles of Anjou had proclaimed his intention of as- serting his right to the throne of the Two Sicilies , and had sent his defiance to the sultan of Nocera , —as he ironically ...
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... length of time before the commencement of this narrative , Charles of Anjou had proclaimed his intention of as- serting his right to the throne of the Two Sicilies , and had sent his defiance to the sultan of Nocera , as he ironically ...
... length of time before the commencement of this narrative , Charles of Anjou had proclaimed his intention of as- serting his right to the throne of the Two Sicilies , and had sent his defiance to the sultan of Nocera , as he ironically ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adrianople advance Almé Almugavars Andronicus appearance Aragon arms army arrival Asia Azan banners Berenguer boat body brow Cæsar camp Catalans cavalry chief command Constantinople Corberan de Alet countenance Cyzicus daring dark death deep dreadful emperor empire enemy Entenza Eudocius exclaimed fate father fear feelings Fernan Ximenes Fernando Aones fierce force friends galley Gallipoli gavars gazed Genoese George the Alan Georgius Gisbert Golden Horn Grand Duke Greek hand hauberk head heart heavy hill honour horse hour infantry instantly Koord lance leader light looked lord Melec ment Michael mind Montaner murder never night noble once palace party passed prince Ramon Alquer rendered Roccafort Roger de Flor roused scene sea of Marmora seemed seneschal shouted Sicily side slain soldiers soon spoke stern stood strong sword Theodora tion troops Turcoples Turkish Turks walls whole words
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Página 16 - Look on me! there is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death...
Página 38 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Página 102 - Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear: For life ! for life ! their flight they ply— And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear.
Página 178 - Alas ! the love of women ! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing ; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Página 171 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Página 54 - For time at last sets all things even — And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Página 54 - And now, my race of terror run, Mine be the eve of tropic Sun ! No pale gradations quench his ray, No twilight dews his wrath allay ; With disk like battle-target red, He rushes to his burning bed, Dyes the wide wave with bloody light, Then sinks at once — and all is night.
Página 235 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look : A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook ; Train'd from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier ; The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook ' Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear — ^ A stoic of the woods, a man. without a tear.
Página 54 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen : Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Página 71 - Tis not merely The human being's Pride that peoples space With life and mystical predominance ; Since likewise for the stricken heart of Love This visible nature, and this common world, Is all too narrow: yea, a deeper import Lurks in the legend told my infant years Than lies upon that truth, we live to learn.