Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peakRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker & Company London., 1833 |
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49. oldal
... Queen , his Majesties dearest spouse , being yn shortlie looked for to arrive in this realm . Like- as , after ye murder committed , ye authors yrof cutted off ye said umqll . Jo . Drummond's head , and carried the same to the Laird of ...
... Queen , his Majesties dearest spouse , being yn shortlie looked for to arrive in this realm . Like- as , after ye murder committed , ye authors yrof cutted off ye said umqll . Jo . Drummond's head , and carried the same to the Laird of ...
81. oldal
... QUEEN - HOO - HALL . - Dedicatory Epistle , P. xv . 1.4 from bottom . The author had revised this posthumous work of Mr Strutt . See General Preface , pp . 13 , 14 , and 50 . SECRETARY TO THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY . P. xxvii , 1. 3 . Mr ...
... QUEEN - HOO - HALL . - Dedicatory Epistle , P. xv . 1.4 from bottom . The author had revised this posthumous work of Mr Strutt . See General Preface , pp . 13 , 14 , and 50 . SECRETARY TO THE ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY . P. xxvii , 1. 3 . Mr ...
87. oldal
... Queen Mary's time , containing so many other examples of atrocity . Every reader must recollect , that , after the fall of the Ca- tholic Church , and the Presbyterian Church Government had been established by law , the rank , and ...
... Queen Mary's time , containing so many other examples of atrocity . Every reader must recollect , that , after the fall of the Ca- tholic Church , and the Presbyterian Church Government had been established by law , the rank , and ...
88. oldal
... Queen's corrupted court , obtained the Abbey of Crossraguel . The said Earl thinking himself greater than any king in those quarters , determined to have that whole benefice ( as he hath divers others ) to pay at his pleasure ; and ...
... Queen's corrupted court , obtained the Abbey of Crossraguel . The said Earl thinking himself greater than any king in those quarters , determined to have that whole benefice ( as he hath divers others ) to pay at his pleasure ; and ...
109. oldal
... Queen Mab might love to revel in . There are evenings when the spectator might believe , with Father Chaucer , that the " Queen of Faery , With harp , and pipe , and symphony , Were dwelling in the place . Another , and even a more ...
... Queen Mab might love to revel in . There are evenings when the spectator might believe , with Father Chaucer , that the " Queen of Faery , With harp , and pipe , and symphony , Were dwelling in the place . Another , and even a more ...
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?