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Pagina xxii
... fear the manners expressed in that Betrothed of ours , will scarce meet the approbation of the Cymmerodion ; I could have wished that Llhuyd had been looked into that Powel had been consulted that Lewis's History had been quoted , the ...
... fear the manners expressed in that Betrothed of ours , will scarce meet the approbation of the Cymmerodion ; I could have wished that Llhuyd had been looked into that Powel had been consulted that Lewis's History had been quoted , the ...
Pagina 17
... fear to stem the wintry flood . Men of Mathravel and Powys , be the dreaded flood of winter - Gwenwyn , son of Cyverliock ! -may thy plume be the topmost of its waves ! ' All thoughts of peace , thoughts which in themselves were foreign ...
... fear to stem the wintry flood . Men of Mathravel and Powys , be the dreaded flood of winter - Gwenwyn , son of Cyverliock ! -may thy plume be the topmost of its waves ! ' All thoughts of peace , thoughts which in themselves were foreign ...
Pagina 22
... fear not cold counsel from Dennis Morolt , where battle is the theme . But we will fight them under the walls of the castle , with honest Wilkin Flammock and his crossbows on the wall to protect our flanks , and afford us some balance ...
... fear not cold counsel from Dennis Morolt , where battle is the theme . But we will fight them under the walls of the castle , with honest Wilkin Flammock and his crossbows on the wall to protect our flanks , and afford us some balance ...
Pagina 23
... fear of a Welshman and his naked savages ? No ! Dennis Morolt , speak on it no more . Be it for weal or woe , we fight them to - day , and upon yonder fair field . ' ' It may be , ' said Flammock , ' that Gwenwyn may have forgotten the ...
... fear of a Welshman and his naked savages ? No ! Dennis Morolt , speak on it no more . Be it for weal or woe , we fight them to - day , and upon yonder fair field . ' ' It may be , ' said Flammock , ' that Gwenwyn may have forgotten the ...
Pagina 36
... fears among the inhabitants of the marches , by announcing the loss of the battle , and the fate of the far - renowned Raymond Berenger . The archers of the fallen leader , as they had never been so deeply involved in the combat , which ...
... fears among the inhabitants of the marches , by announcing the loss of the battle , and the fate of the far - renowned Raymond Berenger . The archers of the fallen leader , as they had never been so deeply involved in the combat , which ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
abbess Amelot ancient arms attendants Baldringham barbed horses betrothed betwixt bezant blood called castle command Constable of Chester Constable's countenance Croftangry Dame Gillian Damian de Lacy danger daughter death defend Elspat Ermengarde Eveline Berenger Eveline's eyes faith Father Aldrovand favour fear Fleming Flemish Garde Doloureuse gate gentlemen Genvil Glentanner Guarine Gwenwyn Hamish hand hastily hath hear heard Heaven Highland Holy Holy Land honour horse Hugo de Lacy Jorworth king knight Lacy's Lady Eveline look lord MacTavish maiden mangonel manner master methinks minstrel mistress monk mother nephew never noble Norman occasion Oldbuck person prelate present prince Prince of Powys purpose Randal Raoul Raymond Berenger rendered replied Rose Saint Saint Dunstan Saxon seemed soldier speak spoke sword thee thou art thought tone trust Vidal voice Welsh Welsh hooks Welshman Wenlock Wilkin Flammock words yonder young youth
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Pagina 135 - certify the cause of his delay. At this time Sir John Dalrymple, afterwards Earl of Stair, being in attendance upon William as Secretary of State for Scotland, took advantage of Macdonald's neglecting to take the oath within the time prescribed, and procured from the king a warrant of military execution against that chief and his whole
Pagina 18 - the priests and the bards, were soldiers,—and to settle the order of their descent upon the devoted marches, where they proposed to signalize, by general ravage, their sense of the insult which their prince had received by the rejection, of his suit. CHAPTER III The sands are number'd that make up my life; Here must I stay, and here my life must end. 3 Henry VI,
Pagina xxviii - read—a book in which every incident shall be incredible, yet strictly true—a work recalling recollections with which the ears of this generation once tingled, and which shall be read by our children with an admiration approaching to incredulity. Such shall be the LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE by the AUTHOR OF WAVERLEY.