The Queen's Lieges, Volumes 1-2T.C. Newby, 1846 |
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Pagina 24
... light , strange and uncouth forms ; - an oppressive feeling of danger and doubt crept over their hearts , and boding thoughts were read by each in the countenance of his companion . At length the knight , checking his steed , drew up on ...
... light , strange and uncouth forms ; - an oppressive feeling of danger and doubt crept over their hearts , and boding thoughts were read by each in the countenance of his companion . At length the knight , checking his steed , drew up on ...
Pagina 28
... light , for he had turned to the knight as the latter pas- sionately exclaimed , " How is my child , whose cheek none but summer airs have ever visited , to spend the night on these bleak hills ? ” " Such dainty dames would do well not ...
... light , for he had turned to the knight as the latter pas- sionately exclaimed , " How is my child , whose cheek none but summer airs have ever visited , to spend the night on these bleak hills ? ” " Such dainty dames would do well not ...
Pagina 31
... light ; but the bitter night wind rushed through the narrow gully so keen and fierce as to benumb in a few moments each aching limb ; and they pressed on , impatient to escape a spot so inhospitable . On a sudden they overtook their ...
... light ; but the bitter night wind rushed through the narrow gully so keen and fierce as to benumb in a few moments each aching limb ; and they pressed on , impatient to escape a spot so inhospitable . On a sudden they overtook their ...
Pagina 37
... light of the flames ; and on hearing his voice , two or three of them rushed towards him , muttering hasty words in a strange dialect . Brief , however , was their conversation and turning to the knight , his conductor said , - " My ...
... light of the flames ; and on hearing his voice , two or three of them rushed towards him , muttering hasty words in a strange dialect . Brief , however , was their conversation and turning to the knight , his conductor said , - " My ...
Pagina 54
... , flashed in the red light of the fire at every movement . Over his closed helmet nodded a crimson plume , and of the same colour was his gambisoon , or under vest of quilted and puckered satin ; the sleeves of 54 THE QUEEN'S LIEGES .
... , flashed in the red light of the fire at every movement . Over his closed helmet nodded a crimson plume , and of the same colour was his gambisoon , or under vest of quilted and puckered satin ; the sleeves of 54 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...