Waverly Novels: Highland widow. Two drovers, etcA. and C. Black, 1851 |
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Página 43
... means of leaving this court , and returning to the distant island in which I was born . Meanwhile , think me not unfaithful , because I have for a time the means of being so with effect . Your Imperial Highness shall learn that Hereward ...
... means of leaving this court , and returning to the distant island in which I was born . Meanwhile , think me not unfaithful , because I have for a time the means of being so with effect . Your Imperial Highness shall learn that Hereward ...
Página 49
... mean- ing of this , Engelbrecht ? " he said to the Varan- gian sentinel , who paced axe in hand before the entrance . " The proclamation of a challenge and combat , " answered Engelbrecht . " Strange things toward , comrade ; the ...
... mean- ing of this , Engelbrecht ? " he said to the Varan- gian sentinel , who paced axe in hand before the entrance . " The proclamation of a challenge and combat , " answered Engelbrecht . " Strange things toward , comrade ; the ...
Página 65
... mean you by that , damsel ? -But the Count of Paris shall answer it to me . " " Under your favour , Sir Bohemond , " said God- frey , " no . Our articles renounce the sending of challenges among ourselves , and the matter , if not dropt ...
... mean you by that , damsel ? -But the Count of Paris shall answer it to me . " " Under your favour , Sir Bohemond , " said God- frey , " no . Our articles renounce the sending of challenges among ourselves , and the matter , if not dropt ...
Página 71
... trusty war - horse , which he entreated him to use upon the field of battle ; for Bertha had not omitted to intimate Count Robert's want of the means of knightly equipment . The horse was brought before COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 71.
... trusty war - horse , which he entreated him to use upon the field of battle ; for Bertha had not omitted to intimate Count Robert's want of the means of knightly equipment . The horse was brought before COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS . 71.
Página 72
Walter Scott. means of knightly equipment . The horse was brought before the pavilion accordingly , completely barbed or armed in steel , and laden with armour for the knight's body . Godfrey himself put the bridle into Bertha's hand ...
Walter Scott. means of knightly equipment . The horse was brought before the pavilion accordingly , completely barbed or armed in steel , and laden with armour for the knight's body . Godfrey himself put the bridle into Bertha's hand ...
Términos y frases comunes
abbot Achilles Tatius Agelastes alarm Alexius Comnenus ancient Anna Comnena answered appearance archer arms Aymer de Valence Bertha Bertram Blacquernal Bohemond Brenhilda Cæsar called CASTLE DANGEROUS Castle of Douglas combat command Constantinople Count of Paris Count Robert Countess crusaders danger daughter death degree Dickson Douban Douglas Castle Douglasses duty Emperor English knight eyes Fabian faithful father favour fear garrison Godfrey governor Greek Greek fire guard hand hath heard Heaven Hereward honour horse Immortal Guards Imperial John de Walton lady lance look Lord Lord of Douglas matter ment methinks minstrel Nicephorus Briennius noble occasion pass Patriarch person present Prince Tancred Princess purpose rendered replied respect Robert of Paris Saint Bride Saxon Scottish seemed Sir Aymer Sir John Sir Knight soldier supposed thaim thee thine thou art tion traitor trust Ursel Varangian Varangian guard voice word XLVII young knight youth
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Página 363 - 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 124 - And ye shall be betrayed, both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends ; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Página 363 - 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, 425 The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 167 - Not only the bold Demetrius and his pupil Lascaris, but all the crowd whom they influenced, fled manfully when the commodore of the Greeks fired the first discharge ; and as the other vessels in the squadron followed his example, the heavens were filled with the unusual and outrageous noise, while the smoke was so thick as to darken the very air.