Waverley Novels, المجلد 9A. & C. Black, 1853 |
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الصفحة 7
... less acceptable . At length the King presses his host on a point to which he had more than once alluded , without obtain- ing a satisfactory reply : Then said the King , " by Godys grace , Thou wert in a merry place , To shoot should ...
... less acceptable . At length the King presses his host on a point to which he had more than once alluded , without obtain- ing a satisfactory reply : Then said the King , " by Godys grace , Thou wert in a merry place , To shoot should ...
الصفحة 10
... less interesting Rowena . But , not to mention that the prejudices of the age rendered such a union almost impossible , the author may , in passing , observe , that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp is degraded ...
... less interesting Rowena . But , not to mention that the prejudices of the age rendered such a union almost impossible , the author may , in passing , observe , that he thinks a character of a highly virtuous and lofty stamp is degraded ...
الصفحة 13
... less celebrated neighbours . The Kendal green , though its date is more ancient , ought surely to be as dear to our feelings , as the variegated tartans of the north . The name of Robin Hood , if duly conjured with , should raise a ...
... less celebrated neighbours . The Kendal green , though its date is more ancient , ought surely to be as dear to our feelings , as the variegated tartans of the north . The name of Robin Hood , if duly conjured with , should raise a ...
الصفحة 14
... 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 allowed to possess in the same proportion ...
... 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 allowed to possess in the same proportion ...
الصفحة 15
Walter Scott. less of a conjuror than the Northern Warlock , can , you ob- served , only have the liberty of selecting his subject amidst the dust of antiquity , where nothing was to be found but dry , sapless , mouldering , and ...
Walter Scott. less of a conjuror than the Northern Warlock , can , you ob- served , only have the liberty of selecting his subject amidst the dust of antiquity , where nothing was to be found but dry , sapless , mouldering , and ...
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Abbot answered armour arms Athelstane attendants Beaumanoir beauty betwixt Black Knight blood Bracy Brian de Bois-Guilbert brother called canst castle Cedric champion Christian companion Coningsburgh Copmanhurst daughter defend Disinherited Knight England exclaimed eyes fair fate father favour fear forest Friar Friar Tuck Front-de-Boeuf Grand Master guest Gurth hand hath head heart Heaven hermit holy holy Order honour horse Isaac Ivanhoe Jester Jewess King knave Knight Templar knowest Lady Rowena lance lists Locksley look maiden Malvoisin noble Norman numbers Order outlaws Preceptor present priest Prince John Prior Aymer prisoner ransom Rebecca replied reverend Richard Richard Plantagenet Saint Dunstan Saracens Saxon seemed shew Sir Knight squire steed sword tell Templar Templestowe thee thine thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thyself tournament trust valour voice Waldemar Fitzurse Wamba Wilfred wine wounded yeoman yonder zecchins
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الصفحة 25 - IN that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster.
الصفحة 326 - And I must lie here like a bedridden monk," exclaimed Ivanhoe, " while the game that gives me freedom or death is played out by the hand of others ! Look from the win-dow once again, kind maiden, but beware that you are not marked by the archers beneath —• look out once more, and tell me if they yet advance to the storm.
الصفحة 256 - They grievously oppressed the poor people by building castles; and when they were built, they filled them with wicked men or rather devils, who seized both men and women who they imagined had any money, threw them into prison, and put them to more cruel tortures than the martyrs ever endured.
الصفحة 18 - ... 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.
الصفحة 110 - Saracenic music of the challengers concluded one of those long and high flourishes with which they had broken the silence of the lists, it was answered by a solitary trumpet, which breathed a note of defiance from the northern extremity. All eyes were turned to see the new champion which these sounds announced, and no sooner were the barriers opened than he paced into the lists.
الصفحة 343 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war...
الصفحة 110 - Disinherited. He was mounted on a gallant black horse; and as he passed through the lists he gracefully saluted the Prince and the ladies by lowering his lance. The dexterity with which he managed his steed, and something of youthful grace which he displayed in his manner, won him the...
الصفحة 125 - Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings, Vex'd and tormented runs poor Barabas With fatal curses towards these Christians.
الصفحة 164 - ... added he, walking deliberately to the other end of the lists, and sticking the willow wand upright in the ground, " he that hits that rod at five-score yards, I call him an archer fit to bear both bow and quiver before a king, an it were the stout King Kichard himself.
الصفحة 329 - all about him is black as the wing of the night raven. Nothing can I spy that can mark him further; but having once seen him put forth his strength in battle, methinks I could know him again among a thousand warriors. He rushes to the fray as if he were summoned to a banquet. There is more than mere strength — there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to even- blow which he deals upon his enemies.