The towers of Ravenswold; or, Days of Ironside |
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... tion . " • The day following the hall was taste- fully decorated for a splendid banquet . The horn at the portal sounded frequent and merrily ; not as when some armed band strike on the shield to bid its lord defiance . Warriors and ...
... tion . " • The day following the hall was taste- fully decorated for a splendid banquet . The horn at the portal sounded frequent and merrily ; not as when some armed band strike on the shield to bid its lord defiance . Warriors and ...
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... tion , and cheering shouts re - echoed to the founder of the feast ; the toils and dangers past were now forgotten ; the goblet had drowned all human care , and excess of joy every where pervaded the lofty gran deur of the scene . Nor ...
... tion , and cheering shouts re - echoed to the founder of the feast ; the toils and dangers past were now forgotten ; the goblet had drowned all human care , and excess of joy every where pervaded the lofty gran deur of the scene . Nor ...
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... tion you have given me in your heart . I shall be ever proud of shewing you the kindest attention , in the absence of the Earl , whose influence time must diminish . To - morrow when we visit the cave , it is but to absent ourselves ...
... tion you have given me in your heart . I shall be ever proud of shewing you the kindest attention , in the absence of the Earl , whose influence time must diminish . To - morrow when we visit the cave , it is but to absent ourselves ...
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... tion , they found this Recluse leaning against the mouth of the cave , apparently in deep reverie . At first he appeared to take no notice , presently he raised his head , and moving his cowl , suddenly caught sight of them ; he started ...
... tion , they found this Recluse leaning against the mouth of the cave , apparently in deep reverie . At first he appeared to take no notice , presently he raised his head , and moving his cowl , suddenly caught sight of them ; he started ...
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... tion , must confess since the first moment I saw you , and heard your story , you have possessed my heart ; despise me not for the confession : without you I could never be happy ; to you I resign the cause ; succeed with the Earl and ...
... tion , must confess since the first moment I saw you , and heard your story , you have possessed my heart ; despise me not for the confession : without you I could never be happy ; to you I resign the cause ; succeed with the Earl and ...
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The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
The Towers of Ravenswold; Or, Days of Ironside William Henry Hitchener Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
Términos y frases comunes
abode Adeliza afflicted agitated alarm apartment appearance arms arrived astonishment Athelstan attend Barbold began bosom brother Canute castle cave cavern chamber CHAP choly conceal confusion Corrina cries dare dark death deed desperate desperate band disguise domestics dreadful Earl Earl's Edmund Ironside endeavoured escape Ethel Ethelbald evil spirit exclaims Father Ambrose fear Flori Florimund followed friar Furbrand Gerald Gunilda happiness Harold heard heart heaven honour iron mask Isle of Wight Lady lamp Lord lover melan ment minstrels mund mysterious ness never night nilda noble Osric OVID pardon passion Patelina pearance perceived poniard poor silly head prisoner Red Sea replies rest retired revenge robbers Saxon wars secured SHAKSPEARE shelter sight silence sleep solicited soon soul surprise talk tell thing thought tion TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD vassals voice Vortigern wander whilst Wolfred Wolfred's wretch
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Página 154 - And re-assembling our afflicted powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our enemy; our own loss how repair; How overcome this dire calamity; What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not, what resolution from despair.
Página 121 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale...
Página 77 - Remote from multitude ; the world's a school Of wrong, and what proficients swarm around ! We must, or imitate, or disapprove ; Must list as their accomplices, or foes : That stains our innocence ; this wounds our peace.
Página 139 - Hung be the heavens with black ', yield day to night ! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! f Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Página 47 - Scylla, bathing in the sea that parts Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore : Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when call'd In secret riding through the air she comes, Lured with the smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms.
Página 169 - Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy: Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while, or anguish, and excite Fallacious hope, or arm the obdured' breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
Página 187 - How will you weather an eternal night, Where such expedients fail?
Página 18 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 13 - Oh, woman, lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you! Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of heav'n ; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love ! Belvi.
Página 42 - As sulphur blazes at the taper's touch, She long'd her hidden passion to reveal, And tell her pains, but had not words to tell ; She can't begin, but waits for the rebound, To catch his voice, and to return the sound.