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... laws of King Edward as Magna Charta . The state of society at the outset , described in the con- versation between Gurth and Wamba , is that of the reign of William Rufus , when the Norman Conquest was still recent , and the ...
... laws of King Edward as Magna Charta . The state of society at the outset , described in the con- versation between Gurth and Wamba , is that of the reign of William Rufus , when the Norman Conquest was still recent , and the ...
الصفحة xv
... of the time , and were likewise extensive traders and money - lenders , with con- nections in all countries , and though bountiful and even generous among themselves , considering that the laws against lending INTRODUCTION . XV.
... of the time , and were likewise extensive traders and money - lenders , with con- nections in all countries , and though bountiful and even generous among themselves , considering that the laws against lending INTRODUCTION . XV.
الصفحة xvi
A Romance Walter Scott. generous among themselves , considering that the laws against lending on usury did not apply to Gentiles . Thus , when money was extremely scarce , they were the only bankers except the Lombards . But their ...
A Romance Walter Scott. generous among themselves , considering that the laws against lending on usury did not apply to Gentiles . Thus , when money was extremely scarce , they were the only bankers except the Lombards . But their ...
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... law and spirit of the English constitution , were entitled to hold themselves independent of feudal tyranny , became ... laws of the land . A circumstance which greatly tended to enhance the tyranny of the nobility , and the sufferings ...
... law and spirit of the English constitution , were entitled to hold themselves independent of feudal tyranny , became ... laws of the land . A circumstance which greatly tended to enhance the tyranny of the nobility , and the sufferings ...
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... laws of the chase , and many others equally unknown to the milder and more free spirit of the Saxon constitution ... law , the pleadings and judgments were delivered in the same tongue . In short , French was the language of honor , of ...
... laws of the chase , and many others equally unknown to the milder and more free spirit of the Saxon constitution ... law , the pleadings and judgments were delivered in the same tongue . In short , French was the language of honor , of ...
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answered armor arms Athelstane attendants Beaumanoir beauty Black Knight blood Bracy Brian de Bois-Guilbert brother canst castle Cedric champion Christian companion Coningsburgh Copmanhurst daughter defend Disinherited Knight dogs England exclaimed eyes fair fate father fear Fitzurse fool forest Friar Front-de-Bœuf Grand Master Gurth hand hath head heart Heaven hermit holy holy Order honor horse Isaac Ivanhoe Jester Jewess King knave Knights Templars knowest Lady Rowena lance lists Locksley look maiden Malvoisin monk noble Norman Order outlaws person Pilgrim Preceptor present priest Prince John Prior Aymer prisoner ransom Rebecca replied reverend Richard Richard Plantagenet Robin Hood Saint Saint Dunstan Saracens Saxon seemed Sir Knight squire sword tell Templar Templestowe thee thine thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thyself tion tournament valor voice Waldemar Wamba Wilfred wine wounded yeoman yonder zecchins
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الصفحة 331 - 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 168 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
الصفحة 522 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
الصفحة 315 - Knight," answered Rebecca, faintly; then instantly again shouted with joyful eagerness — "But no — but no ! the name of the Lord of Hosts be blessed ! he is on foot again, and fights as if there were twenty men's strength in his single arm. His sword is broken — he snatches an axe from a yeoman — he presses Front-de-Bceuf with blow on blow. The giant stoops and totters like an oak under the steel of the woodman — he falls — he falls !
الصفحة 148 - and in the land where he was bred, men would as soon take for their mark King Arthur's round table, which held sixty Knights around it. A child of seven years old," he said, " might hit yonder target with a headless shaft ; but," 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 Richard himself.
الصفحة 314 - Rebecca ?" again demanded the wounded knight. "Nothing but the cloud of arrows flying so thick as to dazzle mine eyes, and to hide the bowmen who shoot them." "That cannot endure," said Ivanhoe; " if they press not right on to carry the castle by pure force of arms, the archery may avail but little against stone walls and bulwarks. Look for the knight of the fetterlock, fair Rebecca, and see how he hears himself; for as the leader is, so will his followers be.
الصفحة 9 - And swine is good Saxon," said the jester. "But how call you the sow when she is flayed and drawn and quartered, and hung up by the heels like a traitor? " v" answered the swineherd. "I am very glad every fool knows that, too," said Wamba ; " and pork, I think, is good Norman-French.
الصفحة 314 - They pull down the piles and palisades; they hew down the barriers with axes. — His high black plume floats abroad over the throng, like a raven over the field of the slain. — They have made a breach in the barriers — they rush in — they are thrust back ! — Frontde-Boeuf heads the defenders; I see his gigantic form above the press.
الصفحة 87 - 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.
الصفحة 1 - 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.