Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peakRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker & Company London., 1833 |
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48. oldal
... passing scene , And search'd them through with glances keen ; Then dash'd a tear - drop from his eye ; Unbid it came - he knew not why . Exulting high , he towering stood : Kinsmen , ' he cried , of Alpin's blood , And worthy of Clan ...
... passing scene , And search'd them through with glances keen ; Then dash'd a tear - drop from his eye ; Unbid it came - he knew not why . Exulting high , he towering stood : Kinsmen , ' he cried , of Alpin's blood , And worthy of Clan ...
50. oldal
... passing through the press , the author received a letter from the present Robert Stewart of Ardvoirlich , favouring him with the account of the unhappy slaughter of Lord Kilpont , differing from , and more probable than , that given by ...
... passing through the press , the author received a letter from the present Robert Stewart of Ardvoirlich , favouring him with the account of the unhappy slaughter of Lord Kilpont , differing from , and more probable than , that given by ...
55. oldal
... PASS.-P. 326 , 1. 6 . The beautiful pass of Leny , near Callender , in Mon- teith , would in some respects answer the description . THE WAGER . - P . 370 , 1. 10 . Such a bet as that mentioned in the text is said to have been taken by ...
... PASS.-P. 326 , 1. 6 . The beautiful pass of Leny , near Callender , in Mon- teith , would in some respects answer the description . THE WAGER . - P . 370 , 1. 10 . Such a bet as that mentioned in the text is said to have been taken by ...
58. oldal
... his neighbour and familiar , passing by the apparition or resemblance of him . They avouch that every element and every state of being have animals re- sembling those of another element , as there be fishes 58 VOL . XVI . NOVELS AND TALES .
... his neighbour and familiar , passing by the apparition or resemblance of him . They avouch that every element and every state of being have animals re- sembling those of another element , as there be fishes 58 VOL . XVI . NOVELS AND TALES .
68. oldal
... of composition , under the necessary reservation , that he is far from thinking he has attained the point at which he aimed . It is scarcely necessary to add , that there was no idea or wish to pass off the supposed Mr 68 INTRODUCTION TO.
... of composition , under the necessary reservation , that he is far from thinking he has attained the point at which he aimed . It is scarcely necessary to add , that there was no idea or wish to pass off the supposed Mr 68 INTRODUCTION TO.
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?