The Knights: Tales Illustrative of the Marvellous, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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Página 44
... feathers from head to foot . There was nothing difgufting in their countenance . The fhort , fine , and curly down , which grew on their head instead of hair , with a tuft like an egrette , over the forehead , formed altogether an agree ...
... feathers from head to foot . There was nothing difgufting in their countenance . The fhort , fine , and curly down , which grew on their head instead of hair , with a tuft like an egrette , over the forehead , formed altogether an agree ...
Página 61
... feathers " excepted , these women are very well << " " bred , and have great tafte : what think you , Joe ? " " Why , Sir , " replied the Squire , " I know nothing of breed- " ing or tafte ; but I think we fhan't die " of hunger in this ...
... feathers " excepted , these women are very well << " " bred , and have great tafte : what think you , Joe ? " " Why , Sir , " replied the Squire , " I know nothing of breed- " ing or tafte ; but I think we fhan't die " of hunger in this ...
Página 67
... feather- ed like a starling , went up to Tourville . " Noble Knight , " faid he , " you have " had a long ride ; it is time for you to " take fome reft and refreshment : my " mistress is waiting for you . " Tourville and Joe ftared each ...
... feather- ed like a starling , went up to Tourville . " Noble Knight , " faid he , " you have " had a long ride ; it is time for you to " take fome reft and refreshment : my " mistress is waiting for you . " Tourville and Joe ftared each ...
Página 82
... counterfeits , he opposed violence with violence , and refifted their attacks by blows . His clothes , torn off him , flew about in rags ; and on the other other hand the air was darkened by the feathers he 82 THE KNIGHT OF TOURS .
... counterfeits , he opposed violence with violence , and refifted their attacks by blows . His clothes , torn off him , flew about in rags ; and on the other other hand the air was darkened by the feathers he 82 THE KNIGHT OF TOURS .
Página 83
... feathers he plucked from his antagonists , wherever he could fix his nervous grafp . The room refounded with forced laugh ter , with female cries , and military im precations . Tourville made a ftout defence , but the battle was too ...
... feathers he plucked from his antagonists , wherever he could fix his nervous grafp . The room refounded with forced laugh ter , with female cries , and military im precations . Tourville made a ftout defence , but the battle was too ...
Términos y frases comunes
affembly againſt Aleria amufe anſwer appeared arms Badine caft caufe Count of Tours courſe cried Dagobert defign defire diſcover diſtance dreffed eaſe Egremont eyes faid the Knight faid Tourville fame fatire fatisfied favour feathers feemed felf felves fenfible ferved fhall fhame fhort fhould fide fign firft firſt fituation fleep fmile fome foon fpeak fquire ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure furpriſed furrounded Gloriana Grouvelle hand heart herſelf himſelf Hippolita horfe horſe inftrument itſelf juſt lady lefs loft look Madam mafter miſtreſs moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf Naples obferved paffed paffion palace perfon pilgrim pleaſed Pleaſure prefent Princefs raiſed reafon reft replied reſpect rofe ſaid Saladin Saracens ſeen ſhall ſhe Sigifmond ſome ſpoke Squire Steno ſtill Strigillina Syria thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought took underſtand uſe verſes Violetta whofe yourſelf
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Página iii - Tiger: But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do.
Página 237 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers...
Página 151 - noint, and then I'll mount. Now I'm furnish'd, now I'm furnish'd for my flight. Now I go ; now, now I fly, — Malkin, my sweet spirit, and I. Oh ! what a dainty pleasure is this, To sail in the air, When the moon shines fair, To sing, to dance, to toy, and kiss ! Over woods, high rocks, and mountains, Over hills and misty fountains...
Página 237 - I'd rather hear a brazen candlestick turn'd, or a dry-wheel grate on the axle-tree, and that would nothing set my teeth on edge nothing so much as mincing Poetry.
Página 252 - It is built in the form of an amphitheatre, on the fide of a hill, near the river Kokel« 47 miles N of Hermanftadtl Lon.
Página ix - I refolved to perfift in it, and I have not fcrupled to borrow largely from foreign fources.