Ivanhoe;: A Romance, Volume 1Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Hurst, Robinson, and Company 90, Cheapside, London., 1820 - 374 pagina's The classic epic of chivalry and courtly love features the disinherited knight Ivanhoe, his fair lady Rowena, and such larger-than-life characters as Richard the Lion-Hearted and Robin Hood. This novel of the Crusades, chivalry, and courtly love not only recreates history, but made history as well. |
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... - formance . Could I have hoped to ren- der it worthy of your patronage , the pub- lic would at once have seen the propriety of inscribing a work designed to illustrate the domestic antiquities of England , and particularly of our 9.
... - formance . Could I have hoped to ren- der it worthy of your patronage , the pub- lic would at once have seen the propriety of inscribing a work designed to illustrate the domestic antiquities of England , and particularly of our 9.
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A Romance Walter Scott. the domestic antiquities of England , and particularly of our Saxon forefathers , to the learned author of the Essays upon the Horn of King Ulphus , and on the Lands bestowed by him upon the patrimony of St Peter ...
A Romance Walter Scott. the domestic antiquities of England , and particularly of our Saxon forefathers , to the learned author of the Essays upon the Horn of King Ulphus , and on the Lands bestowed by him upon the patrimony of St Peter ...
Pagina vii
... tartans of the north . The name of Robin Hood , if duly con- jured with , should raise a spirit as soon as that of Rob Roy ; and the patriots of England deserve no less their renown in our modern circles DEDICATORY EPISTLE . vii.
... tartans of the north . The name of Robin Hood , if duly con- jured with , should raise a spirit as soon as that of Rob Roy ; and the patriots of England deserve no less their renown in our modern circles DEDICATORY EPISTLE . vii.
Pagina viii
A Romance Walter Scott. England deserve no less their renown in our modern circles , than the Bruces and Wallaces of Caledonia . If the scenery of the south be less romantic and sublime than that of the northern mountains , it must be ...
A Romance Walter Scott. England deserve no less their renown in our modern circles , than the Bruces and Wallaces of Caledonia . If the scenery of the south be less romantic and sublime than that of the northern mountains , it must be ...
Pagina ix
... England , civilization has been so long complete , that our ideas of our ancestors are only to be gleaned from musty records and chronicles , the authors of which seem per- versely to have conspired to suppress in their narratives all ...
... England , civilization has been so long complete , that our ideas of our ancestors are only to be gleaned from musty records and chronicles , the authors of which seem per- versely to have conspired to suppress in their narratives all ...
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Abbot answered Gurth armour arms Ashby Ashby-de-la-Zouche Athelstane attendants baldrick banquet beauty betwixt Bracy Brian de Bois-Guilbert Cedric the Saxon challengers champion chivalry churl cloak Cnichts companion courtesy Disinherited Knight dress Duke of Austria encounter England exclaimed eyes fair fair lady father favour followed fool Front-de-Bœuf gallant gallery goblet gold grace guests hall hand hast hath head heralds Holy Holy Land honour horse Hubert Isaac Isaac the Jew Ivanhoe Jester John's King knave Knights Templars Lady Rowena lance land language lists Locksley look Love Malvoisin marshals noble Norman Palmer pause pavilion person Pilgrim Prince John Prior Aymer Rebecca rendered replied round Saracen Saxon seat seemed shew shield shouted side spectators squires St Dunstan steed stranger swine swine-herd sword Templar thee thou art thy master tion tournament trumpets turned vanquished victor voice Waldemar Fitzurse Wamba wine yeoman zecchins
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Pagina 271 - Now, Locksley," said Prince John to the bold yeoman, with a bitter smile, " wilt thou try conclusions with Hubert, or wilt thou yield up bow, baldric, and quiver, to the Provost of the sports ?" " Sith it be no better," said Locksley, " I am content to try my fortune ; on condition that when I have shot two shafts at yonder mark of Hubert's, he shall be bound to shoot one at that which I shall propose." " That is but fair," answered Prince John, " and it shall not be refused thee.
Pagina 159 - Grantmesnil, instead of bearing his lance-point fair against the crest or the shield of his enemy, swerved so much from the direct line as to break the weapon athwart the person of his opponent — a circumstance which was accounted more disgraceful than that of being actually unhorsed...
Pagina 273 - Thus exhorted, Hubert resumed his place, and not neglecting the caution which he had received from his adversary, he made the necessary allowance for a very light air of wind, which had just arisen, and shot so successfully that his arrow alighted in the very center of the target. "A Hubert ! a Hubert ! " shouted the populace, more interested in a known person than in a stranger. " In the clout ! In the clout ! A Hubert forever ! " "Thou canst not mend that shot, Locksley," said the Prince, with...
Pagina 158 - The knights are dust, And their good swords are rust, Their souls are with the saints, we trust.'* Their escutcheons have long mouldered from the walls of their castles.
Pagina 274 - said Locksley, " I crave your grace's permission to plant such a mark as is used in the north country ; and welcome every brave yeoman who shall try a shot at it to win a smile from the bonny lass he loves best. " — He then turned to leave the lists. " Let your guards attend me, " he said, " if you please — I go but to cu^ a rod from the next willow bush.
Pagina 169 - A few minutes' pause having been allowed, that the combatants and their horses might recover breath, Prince John with his truncheon signed to the trumpets to sound the onset. The champions a second time sprung from their stations, and closed in the centre of the lists, with the same speed, the same dexterity, the same violence, but not the same equal fortune as before.
Pagina 10 - Sheffield whittle. The man had no covering upon his head, which was only defended by his own thick hair, matted and twisted together, and scorched by the influence of the sun into a rusty...
Pagina 17 - thou speakest but sad truths; little is left to us but the air we breathe, and that appears to have been reserved with much hesitation, solely for the purpose of enabling us to endure the tasks they lay upon our shoulders. The finest and the fattest is for their board; the loveliest is for their couch; the best and bravest supply their foreign masters with soldiers, and whiten distant lands with their bones, leaving few here who have either will or the power to protect the unfortunate Saxon.
Pagina xix - ... that extensive neutral ground, the large proportion, that is, of manners and sentiments which are common to us and to our ancestors, having been handed down unaltered from them to us, or which, arising out of the principles of our common nature, must have existed alike in either state of society.
Pagina 269 - And how if I refuse to shoot on such a wager •" said the yeoman. — " Your Grace's power, supported, as it is, by so many men-at-arms, may indeed easily strip and scourge me, but cannot compel me to bend or to draw my bow.