Stonehenge; Or, The Romans in Britain: A Romance Or the Days of Nero, المجلد 1 |
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... began to revive under the en- couragement which it received from the dis- sensions existing between the general and the procurator of the province . These dissensions at last prevailed to such a degree , that Nero dispatched his ...
... began to revive under the en- couragement which it received from the dis- sensions existing between the general and the procurator of the province . These dissensions at last prevailed to such a degree , that Nero dispatched his ...
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... began to ruminate on his dreary situation — wearied , wounded , and alone , a bewildered wanderer , in an enemy's country . The sun was setting , and a dense , autumnal mist , resembling a sea of vapour , covered the almost boundless ...
... began to ruminate on his dreary situation — wearied , wounded , and alone , a bewildered wanderer , in an enemy's country . The sun was setting , and a dense , autumnal mist , resembling a sea of vapour , covered the almost boundless ...
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... began almost to doubt his own identity , and even to imagine that he had suffered the fate which had threatened him , and that his body was the corpse which he now saw consuming , while his spirit , robed in white , was within the ...
... began almost to doubt his own identity , and even to imagine that he had suffered the fate which had threatened him , and that his body was the corpse which he now saw consuming , while his spirit , robed in white , was within the ...
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... began to survey the apartment in which he had slept ; and which he now found was a subter- raneous one , apparently formed by the excava- tion of some hill or rock . The only avenue for the admission of light was a long tube in the ...
... began to survey the apartment in which he had slept ; and which he now found was a subter- raneous one , apparently formed by the excava- tion of some hill or rock . The only avenue for the admission of light was a long tube in the ...
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... began to dilate with wonder at this piece of information . " More than three months ago , I saw the return of Suetonius portended in the heavens . " Pudens could not help manifesting a little incredulity at this 62 STONEHENGE ; OR ,
... began to dilate with wonder at this piece of information . " More than three months ago , I saw the return of Suetonius portended in the heavens . " Pudens could not help manifesting a little incredulity at this 62 STONEHENGE ; OR ,
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Aaron and Julius ADDER STONE altar answered appeared Arch Druid arms Arviragus Aulus Plautius bard battle began beheld Bran Brennus Britain British Britons brother Cæsar called companions conversation countenance crana Cymbeline daughter death Druidical Druidism Durotriges endeavoured eyes fate father favourite feelings felt fire flames foes forest formed Frothall Gaul gods grove Guiderius hand hare harp hast hath head heart heaven honour horse javelin King King's light Linus listened Logan lord Luath ment mistletoe murder mysteries narrative Nennius noble old Ana old Morgan Old Sarum Ovate person present priest Pudens Pudens's reader replied Pudens robes Rome Roscrana round royal Ryno sacred scene scythed chariot seat seemed singular slain slumber soon soul sound stone Stonehenge storm Suetonius sword Taranis tears tell thee thou thought thunder tion Uchelwyr voice widow's wounded young chief youth
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الصفحة 228 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
الصفحة 125 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i' the imminent deadly breach...
الصفحة 110 - In these two princely boys ! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head : and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchaf 'd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine And make him stoop to the vale.
الصفحة vii - A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason ; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
الصفحة 125 - And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake; She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her that she did pity them.
الصفحة 279 - Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
الصفحة 296 - Evandale, Whose limbs a thousand years have worn, What sullen roar comes down the gale, And drowns the hunter's pealing horn ? Mightiest of all the beasts of chase, That roam in woody Caledon, Crashing the forest in his race, The Mountain Bull comes thundering on. Fierce, on the hunter's quiver'd band, He rolls his eyes of swarthy glow, Spurns, with black hoof and horn, the sand, And tosses high his mane of snow.
الصفحة 175 - Scarce images of life, one here, one there, Lay vast and edgeways ; like a dismal cirque Of Druid stones, upon a forlorn moor, When the chill rain begins at shut of eve, In dull November, and their chancel vault, The Heaven itself, is blinded throughout night.
الصفحة 283 - Then eager caught an axe, and aim'da blow. Deep sunk within a violated oak The wounding edge, and thus the warrior spoke— ' Now let no doubting hand the task decline; Cut you the wood, and let the guilt be mine.
الصفحة 222 - Death's self could change not, mark the dreadful path Of the outsallying victors ; far behind Black ashes note where their proud city stood. Within yon forest is a gloomy glen — Each tree which guards its darkness from the day, Waves o'er a warrior's tomb.