Stonehenge; Or, The Romans in Britain: A Romance Or the Days of Nero, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة xi
... thee as thou hast read of Spenser's fairy themes And those that Milton loved in early years . thou wilt not despise this attempt to clothe in modern language , a very ancient tale . If the study of antiquity hath taken deep hold on thy ...
... thee as thou hast read of Spenser's fairy themes And those that Milton loved in early years . thou wilt not despise this attempt to clothe in modern language , a very ancient tale . If the study of antiquity hath taken deep hold on thy ...
الصفحة xii
... thee to peruse the following tale , until I have satisfied thee of its genuine antiquity ; which task I will now address my- self unto , not doubting but that I shall per- form the same in such manner , that he who shall have any ...
... thee to peruse the following tale , until I have satisfied thee of its genuine antiquity ; which task I will now address my- self unto , not doubting but that I shall per- form the same in such manner , that he who shall have any ...
الصفحة xiv
... thee , gentle reader , the various hands through which this treasure passed until it happily reached mine ; suffice to say , it now rests with one who is willing to share with thee the benefit thereof . And if Mayster Richard Pace did ...
... thee , gentle reader , the various hands through which this treasure passed until it happily reached mine ; suffice to say , it now rests with one who is willing to share with thee the benefit thereof . And if Mayster Richard Pace did ...
الصفحة xvi
... thee , or what shall I say in extenuation of the numerous defects of this performance ; whereof I could make a long catalogue , were it not better to leave it to thine own ingenuity to discover them ? I will even address thee in the ...
... thee , or what shall I say in extenuation of the numerous defects of this performance ; whereof I could make a long catalogue , were it not better to leave it to thine own ingenuity to discover them ? I will even address thee in the ...
الصفحة 27
... thee to the fate which thou would'st have assigned us ; but as a youth and a stranger , our religion compas- sionates thee . Thou hast , therefore , a chance of life ; and if the Gods resent not thy defiance more than we do , may'st yet ...
... thee to the fate which thou would'st have assigned us ; but as a youth and a stranger , our religion compas- sionates thee . Thou hast , therefore , a chance of life ; and if the Gods resent not thy defiance more than we do , may'st yet ...
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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.