The half brothers; or, The head and the hand, tr. by L. Lawford1859 |
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The Half Brothers; Or, the Head and the Hand, Tr. by L. Lawford Alexandre Dumas Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2019 |
The Half Brothers; Or, the Head and the Hand, Tr by L Lawford Alexandre Dumas Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2012 |
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adventurers Agenor arms army arrived asked Avignon await beheld beneath Bertrand Duguesclin Blanche Blanche of Bourbon brave Bretons brother Burgos Calahorra camp captain Castile chevalier Christian constable continued cried Don Frederick Don Henry Don Pedro Donna Aïssa Donna Maria door English eyes fancy fear Fernand Free Companies Gildaz glance gold crowns Grand Master Hafiz hand head heard heart Henry de Transtamare Holy Father honour horse Hugh Caverley hundred journey King Charles King of France King's knight lances legate lips Listen litter lord Majesty Maria Padilla Mauleon Messire monseigneur Montiel Moor Moorish Mothril mule murmured Muscaron noble palace passed poniard Prince of Wales prisoner Queen ransom recognised remained returned Saracens senora Seville silence sire slave smile soldiers Spain Spaniards speak squire sword tell tent thought thousand crowns troop turned uttered visor voice whilst wish woman words young girl
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Pagina 459 - ... practical wisdom — these works abound in illustrations that teach benevolence to the rich, and courage to the poor; they glow with the love of freedom ; they speak a sympathy with all high aspirations, and all manly struggle ; and where, in their more tragic portraitures, they depict the dread images of guilt and woe, they so clear our judgment by profound analysis, while they move our hearts by terror or compassion, that we learn to detect and stifle in ourselves the evil thought which we...
Pagina 459 - The above are printed on superior paper, bound in cloth. Each volume is embellished with an Illustration ; and this Standard Edition is admirably suited for private, select, and public Libraries. The odd Numbers and Parts to complete volumes may be obtained...
Pagina 459 - No collection of prose fictions, by any single author, contains the same variety of experience — the same amplitude of knowledge and thought — the same combination of opposite extremes, harmonized by an equal mastership of art ; here— lively and sparkling fancies ; there. vigorous passion or practical wisdom — these works abound in illustrations that teach benevolence to the rich, and courage to the poor; they glow with the love of freedom ; they speak a sympathy with all high aspirations,...
Pagina 460 - Old St. Paul's.' Scarcely less ability, or, rather, we should say, perhaps more correctly, scarcely less adroitness in the choice of a new theme, in the instance of one of his latest literary productions, viz., the
Pagina 460 - Admirable Crichton.' Sometimes the scene and the very title of some renowned structure, a palace, a prison, or a fortress. It is thus with the ' Tower of London,' ' Windsor Castle,
Pagina 461 - Dumas's best production, and the work that will convey his name to the remembrance of future generations as a writer.