The fortunes of Roger de Flor: or, The Almugavars |
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... live to profit by the death of this noble prince ! " Strange as it may appear , Charles never dared to avenge his wretched instrument , so conscious was he of the cruelty of his own conduct . The unhappy Conradin , previous to his ex ...
... live to profit by the death of this noble prince ! " Strange as it may appear , Charles never dared to avenge his wretched instrument , so conscious was he of the cruelty of his own conduct . The unhappy Conradin , previous to his ex ...
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... live to profit by the death of this noble prince ! " Strange as it may appear , Charles never dared to avenge his wretched instrument , so conscious was he of the cruelty of his own conduct . The unhappy Conradin , previous to his ex ...
... live to profit by the death of this noble prince ! " Strange as it may appear , Charles never dared to avenge his wretched instrument , so conscious was he of the cruelty of his own conduct . The unhappy Conradin , previous to his ex ...
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... lives of the Templars , and allow them to depart with their galleys , and such Christians as were within the walls , on condition of giving up the fortress , three hundred Mameluke soldiers were admitted to the convent , in order to ...
... lives of the Templars , and allow them to depart with their galleys , and such Christians as were within the walls , on condition of giving up the fortress , three hundred Mameluke soldiers were admitted to the convent , in order to ...
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... country could support them in idleness , and it was equally impossible that they could live in peaceful inactivity . As if to release Frederick from his doubts , an с 3 THE ALMUGAVARS . 33 being warned in time he escaped from Mar- ...
... country could support them in idleness , and it was equally impossible that they could live in peaceful inactivity . As if to release Frederick from his doubts , an с 3 THE ALMUGAVARS . 33 being warned in time he escaped from Mar- ...
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... lives of hundreds or the fortune of a campaign de- pended , and assume her place at his knee , looking up with her large eyes into his stern face ; while he , with his broad hand , pressed her to his side , to intimate how well he loved ...
... lives of hundreds or the fortune of a campaign de- pended , and assume her place at his knee , looking up with her large eyes into his stern face ; while he , with his broad hand , pressed her to his side , to intimate how well he loved ...
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.