Waverley Novels ...: The monasteryBlack, 1853 |
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... barons , by whom they were surrounded . But much advantage could not be derived from this . There were , indeed , differences betwixt the two classes , but , like tribes in the mineral and vege- table world , which , resembling each ...
... barons , by whom they were surrounded . But much advantage could not be derived from this . There were , indeed , differences betwixt the two classes , but , like tribes in the mineral and vege- table world , which , resembling each ...
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... barons , was one dark scene of confusion , blood , and unremitted outrage . But these immunities did not continue down to the union of the crowns . Long before that period the wars betwixt England and Scotland had lost their original ...
... barons , was one dark scene of confusion , blood , and unremitted outrage . But these immunities did not continue down to the union of the crowns . Long before that period the wars betwixt England and Scotland had lost their original ...
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... to come in , pay tribute , and take assurance from him , as the phrase then went . Indeed , there was no power * Forget not the afflicted spouse . of resistance remaining ; and the few barons , whose 56 THE MONASTERY .
... to come in , pay tribute , and take assurance from him , as the phrase then went . Indeed , there was no power * Forget not the afflicted spouse . of resistance remaining ; and the few barons , whose 56 THE MONASTERY .
الصفحة 57
Walter Scott. of resistance remaining ; and the few barons , whose high spirit disdained even the appearance of surrender , could only retreat into the wildest fastnesses of the country , leaving their houses and property to the wrath of ...
Walter Scott. of resistance remaining ; and the few barons , whose high spirit disdained even the appearance of surrender , could only retreat into the wildest fastnesses of the country , leaving their houses and property to the wrath of ...
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... Baron . When Scotland began to recover from the dreadful shock she had sustained after the battle of Pinkie - Cleuch , Avenel was one of the first who , assembling a small force , set an example in those bloody and unsparing skirmishes ...
... Baron . When Scotland began to recover from the dreadful shock she had sustained after the battle of Pinkie - Cleuch , Avenel was one of the first who , assembling a small force , set an example in those bloody and unsparing skirmishes ...
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answered aught Baron Benedictine better betwixt blood brethren brother called castle Christie church Clinthill Colmslie companion Dame Elspeth Dame Glendinning Earl Earl of Murray Edward English knight Euphuist eyes faith Father Eustace Father Philip fear feeling gallant give glen guest Halbert Glendinning Halidome hand hath head heart Heaven Henry Warden heretic holy honour horse Jedediah Cleishbotham Julian Avenel Kennaquhair Lady of Avenel looked Lord Abbot maiden Martin Mary Avenel matter Miller mind Molinara Monastery monk Morton moss-troopers Murray Mysie Happer never noble once person pray preacher present replied reverence Rowland Yorke Sacristan Saint Mary's Scotland Scottish seemed shew Sir Knight Sir Piercie Shafton Southron speak spirit stranger Sub-Prior sword tell thee thine thou hast thought Tibb tion tone Tower of Glendearg turn vassals voice White Lady wild William de Douglas woman word youth
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الصفحة 285 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
الصفحة 129 - Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries! Happiest they of human race, To whom God has granted grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, and force the way; And better had they ne'er been born, Who read, to doubt, or read to scorn.
الصفحة 42 - This potent commander of the elements — this abridger of time and space — this magician, whose cloudy machinery has produced a change on the world, the effects of which, extraordinary as they are, are perhaps only now beginning to be felt — was not only the most profound man of science, the most successful combiner of powers and calculator of numbers, as adapted to practical purposes — was not only one of the most generally well informed, but one of the best and kindest of human beings.
الصفحة 43 - I have mentioned of Northern literati, men not less tenacious, generally speaking, of their own fame and their own opinions than the national regiments are supposed to be jealous of the high character which they have won upon service. Methinks I yet see and hear what I shall never see or hear again. In his eighty-fifth year, the alert, kind, benevolent old man had his attention alive to every one's question, his information at every one's command.
الصفحة 275 - The more to please the sprightly god, Each sweet engaging Grace Put on some clothes to come abroad, And took a waiter's place.
الصفحة 359 - Philautia, my Honour ; and she calls me, her Ambition. Now, when I meet her in the presence anon, I will come to her, and say, Sweet Honour, I have hitherto contented my sense with the lilies of your hand, but now I will taste the roses of your lip ; and withal, kiss her : to which she cannot but blushing answer, Nay, now you are too ambitious.
الصفحة 238 - Come from the hills where your hirsels are grazing, Come from the glen of the buck and the roe; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing, Come with the buckler, the lance, and the bow. Trumpets are sounding, War-steeds...
الصفحة 8 - Fouque composed in German, one of the most successful productions of his fertile brain, where a beautiful and even afflicting effect is produced by the introduction of a waternymph, who loses the privilege of immortality by consenting to become accessible to human feelings, and uniting her lot with that of a mortal, who treats her with ingratitude. In imitation of an example so successful, the White Lady of Avenel was introduced into the story.