Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peakRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker & Company London., 1833 |
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38. oldal
... Captain Dalgetty , in one cause after another , without regard to the justice of the quarrel , and might plunder the peasantry subjected to him by the fate of war with the most unrelenting rapacity ; but he must beware how he sustained ...
... Captain Dalgetty , in one cause after another , without regard to the justice of the quarrel , and might plunder the peasantry subjected to him by the fate of war with the most unrelenting rapacity ; but he must beware how he sustained ...
40. oldal
... Captain Tho- mas MacKenzie of Kildon , brother to the noble Lord , the Lord Earl of Seaforth , for the use of all noble Cavaliers favouring the laudable pro- fession of arms . To which is annexed , the Abridgment of Exercise , and ...
... Captain Tho- mas MacKenzie of Kildon , brother to the noble Lord , the Lord Earl of Seaforth , for the use of all noble Cavaliers favouring the laudable pro- fession of arms . To which is annexed , the Abridgment of Exercise , and ...
41. oldal
... Captain Dalgetty might have recorded such an incident had he kept a journal , or , to give it a more just character , it is such as the genius of De Foe would have devised , to give the minute and distinguishing features of truth to ...
... Captain Dalgetty might have recorded such an incident had he kept a journal , or , to give it a more just character , it is such as the genius of De Foe would have devised , to give the minute and distinguishing features of truth to ...
44. oldal
... the existence of that doughty Captain alone must deprive the present author of all claim to absolute origina- * Sir James Turner's Memoirs , Bannatyne edition , p . 59 . lity . Still Dalgetty , as the production of his 44 INTRODUCTION TO.
... the existence of that doughty Captain alone must deprive the present author of all claim to absolute origina- * Sir James Turner's Memoirs , Bannatyne edition , p . 59 . lity . Still Dalgetty , as the production of his 44 INTRODUCTION TO.
45. oldal
... Captain too prominent a part in the story . This is the opinion of a critic who encamps on the highest pinnacles of literature ; and the author is so far fortunate in having in- curred his censure , that it gives his modesty a decent ...
... Captain too prominent a part in the story . This is the opinion of a critic who encamps on the highest pinnacles of literature ; and the author is so far fortunate in having in- curred his censure , that it gives his modesty a decent ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
Abbot afterwards ancient appears Ardvoirlich betwixt Blood BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR called Captain Castle character church Countess Countess of Derby court Cumnor curious dance David Ramsay death Deemster Douglas Duke Earl of Derby Edinburgh Edward Christian England executed fairy father favour fortune FORTUNES OF NIGEL gentleman George Heriot give hand hath heard honour horse inhabitants island Isle James Kennaquhair Kilpont King King's lady Laird land lived Lord Majesty manner Melrose Montrose murder narrative never night occasion Oliphaunt party pass Peel Castle person plot Popish Plot present prisoner Queen reader received reign romance Saint scene Scotland Scottish seems seen Sir John Stair Stewart stone story supposed sword taken tale thing Thomas Blood thou thy fate tion told Tower William Christian William de Douglas William Dhône young Zetland
Népszerű szakaszok
438. oldal - There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would, Acts little of his will.
211. oldal - The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the -sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, * Save an unhappy lady's sighs, . That issued from that lonely pile.
7. oldal - If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
185. oldal - Lifted her up, a weary weight, Over the threshold of the gate : Then the lady rose again, And moved, as she were not in pain. So free from danger, free from fear, They cross'd the court : right glad they were. And Christabel devoutly cried To the lady by her side ; ' Praise we the Virgin all divine Who hath rescued thee from thy distress!' 'Alas, alas!' said Geraldine, ' I cannot speak for weariness.
212. oldal - I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare, That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. "Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gauds are by? '"Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare.
80. oldal - ... than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal...
408. oldal - Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
180. oldal - Sir this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you, it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood. I pray you let them not.
131. oldal - But though such an unconnected course of adventures is what most frequently occurs in nature, yet the province of the romance writer being artificial, there is more required from him than a mere compliance with the simplicity of reality...
211. oldal - No lark more blithe, no flower more gay ; And, like the bird that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. "If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful earl, it well was prized?