The Knights: Tales Illustrative of the Marvellous, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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Página v
... perusing the part I had writ- ten , you gave it your fiat ; and pre- dicted that I fhould become volu- minous . Your prediction has been I have poured a ftream of verified ; A 3 ink ink over I know not how many reams of paper.
... perusing the part I had writ- ten , you gave it your fiat ; and pre- dicted that I fhould become volu- minous . Your prediction has been I have poured a ftream of verified ; A 3 ink ink over I know not how many reams of paper.
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... muft arrive , and Hippolita gave birth to the offspring of an indifcreet and hapless love . It is the misfortune of the great to be conftantly B 3 watched , watched , and enmity and jealoufy are too clear - THE KNIGHT OF TOURS .
... muft arrive , and Hippolita gave birth to the offspring of an indifcreet and hapless love . It is the misfortune of the great to be conftantly B 3 watched , watched , and enmity and jealoufy are too clear - THE KNIGHT OF TOURS .
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... gave way under him , and swallowed him up in fight of his followers , who faw him difappear . However easily this event may be ac counted for , it is perhaps no less won- derful than any of the prodigies recorded in the following pages ...
... gave way under him , and swallowed him up in fight of his followers , who faw him difappear . However easily this event may be ac counted for , it is perhaps no less won- derful than any of the prodigies recorded in the following pages ...
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... gave his commands , and made endeavours to keep off the crowd that overwhelmed the plain and retarded the embarkation of the foldiers : endea vours that were long fruitlefs . Friends and brothers were not eafily repulfed : defpairing ...
... gave his commands , and made endeavours to keep off the crowd that overwhelmed the plain and retarded the embarkation of the foldiers : endea vours that were long fruitlefs . Friends and brothers were not eafily repulfed : defpairing ...
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... gave himfelf up as loft . At this moment , though fcarcely fenfible , he felt a hand feize the collar of his tunic , and recover- ing by degrees , found himfelf on the beach , in the hands of an armed stranger , who was making every ...
... gave himfelf up as loft . At this moment , though fcarcely fenfible , he felt a hand feize the collar of his tunic , and recover- ing by degrees , found himfelf on the beach , in the hands of an armed stranger , who was making every ...
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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.