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Pagina 2
... appeared , slowly winding along the accustomed mule - track , like the caravan of an eastern desert ; not only breaking the monotony of the scene , but awaking also in those wide solitudes ( like the far - off bark dimly descried amidst ...
... appeared , slowly winding along the accustomed mule - track , like the caravan of an eastern desert ; not only breaking the monotony of the scene , but awaking also in those wide solitudes ( like the far - off bark dimly descried amidst ...
Pagina 14
... appeared . 66 Hasten , Lope , " said the woman , " to the cot- tage of old Pedrillo ; tell him a stranger needs his guidance over the sierra . He is slow , señor , " she continued , turning to Perez , " for he has spent more than sixty ...
... appeared . 66 Hasten , Lope , " said the woman , " to the cot- tage of old Pedrillo ; tell him a stranger needs his guidance over the sierra . He is slow , señor , " she continued , turning to Perez , " for he has spent more than sixty ...
Pagina 15
... overhanging brows in giving ad- ditional brightness to his fiery eyes . Broad rings of silver glittered in his ears ; and suspended in a crimson scarf which confined his tawdry vest , appeared , THE QUEEN'S LIEGES . 15.
... overhanging brows in giving ad- ditional brightness to his fiery eyes . Broad rings of silver glittered in his ears ; and suspended in a crimson scarf which confined his tawdry vest , appeared , THE QUEEN'S LIEGES . 15.
Pagina 16
Queen. crimson scarf which confined his tawdry vest , appeared , on one side a long - bladed knife or dagger , and on the other , a curved Damascus sword . There was a bend in his carriage , and a furtiveness in his looks , very unlike ...
Queen. crimson scarf which confined his tawdry vest , appeared , on one side a long - bladed knife or dagger , and on the other , a curved Damascus sword . There was a bend in his carriage , and a furtiveness in his looks , very unlike ...
Pagina 34
... offer of its shelter had been made ere now ! " Donna Inez , who listened to this conversa- tion , had , from the first moment of his appearance , regarded the sinister countenance of the Gitano with extreme distrust 34 THE QUEEN'S LIEGES .
... offer of its shelter had been made ere now ! " Donna Inez , who listened to this conversa- tion , had , from the first moment of his appearance , regarded the sinister countenance of the Gitano with extreme distrust 34 THE QUEEN'S LIEGES .
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Abu Amir alguazils Alphonso appeared approached art thou Azayda beautiful behold beneath beside black knight blessing bower brow Caelho calm capinhas capote Castile Castilian cheerful child cork trees couch countenance dark destrier didst Don Pedro Don Sebastian Donna Inez Donna Maria door dwelling exclaimed eyes face fair father fear gallant gazed gentle Gheran Gitano glance gold graceful Hamet hand hastened hastily hath heart heavy hither honour hope hour Joas Lacy lady light lips Lisbon look ment methinks mind Moorish mountain murmured noble noble lady orphrey pale palfrey passed paused Perez Portugal Praça prince queen replied royal Sanchiza scarcely seat señor Sierra de Gata silent Sir Alfred smile soul spot steed stood stranger strove sudden sweet thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thought tones turned uncon uttered voice weary whilst words young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 35 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water : the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed, that The winds were love-sick with them...
Pagina 163 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
Pagina 1 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Pagina 93 - Beyond the flight of time, Beyond the reign of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath. Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward and expire.
Pagina 23 - Times go by turns, and chances change by course, From foul to fair, from better hap to worse. The sea of Fortune doth not ever flow, She draws her favours to the lowest ebb ; Her tides have...
Pagina 132 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Pagina 142 - But what will not ambition and revenge Descend to? Who aspires must down as low As high he soared, obnoxious, first or last, To basest things.
Pagina 294 - It is the mind, that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor : For some, that hath abundance at his will, Hath not enough, but wants in greatest store ; And other, that hath little, asks no more, But in that little is both rich and wise ; For wisdom is most riches : fools therefore They are, which fortunes do by vows devise ; Sith each unto himself his life may fortunise.
Pagina 74 - So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? Where I in lust and joy With a king's son my childish years did pass In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy; Where each sweet place returns a taste full sour: The large green courts where we were wont to hove With eyes cast up into the maidens...
Pagina 132 - I snatch'd her from the rigid north, Her native bed, on which bleak Boreas blew, And bore her nearer to the sun...