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Side 27
... poor Osric ( for that was his name ) a basket of provisions , to leave if they chanced to find him in his shelter . Adeliza knew the Earl would be too busily engaged , with affairs of state , to attend them ; therefore fixed on this as ...
... poor Osric ( for that was his name ) a basket of provisions , to leave if they chanced to find him in his shelter . Adeliza knew the Earl would be too busily engaged , with affairs of state , to attend them ; therefore fixed on this as ...
Side 32
... poor maniac was one of those when we almost fancy we can witness the growth of things , and nature seems all around as it were , to sing for joy . The honey - suckle twined round the branches that grew near it ; the white thorn threw ...
... poor maniac was one of those when we almost fancy we can witness the growth of things , and nature seems all around as it were , to sing for joy . The honey - suckle twined round the branches that grew near it ; the white thorn threw ...
Side 45
... maintains her seat in conversation with the poor unhappy maniac . Who knows but it was love first drove his exalted brain from out of the cavity ? and would you be the means of banishing an- other to THE TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD . 45.
... maintains her seat in conversation with the poor unhappy maniac . Who knows but it was love first drove his exalted brain from out of the cavity ? and would you be the means of banishing an- other to THE TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD . 45.
Side 101
... poor weak woman , perhaps , is growing foolish in her old days ; at all events I met the girl Adeliza in tears , which sprang , no doubt , from a jealousy betwixt them . Whether all this be so or not , there is at least a fine field ...
... poor weak woman , perhaps , is growing foolish in her old days ; at all events I met the girl Adeliza in tears , which sprang , no doubt , from a jealousy betwixt them . Whether all this be so or not , there is at least a fine field ...
Side 132
... poor policy — I'll to the gallery and listen , I shall then be prepared to rush to the aperture . " With silent stride he quitted the cham- ber ; this was Adeliza's time to attempt an escape , and with palpitating heart she arose ...
... poor policy — I'll to the gallery and listen , I shall then be prepared to rush to the aperture . " With silent stride he quitted the cham- ber ; this was Adeliza's time to attempt an escape , and with palpitating heart she arose ...
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The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
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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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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 187 - How will you weather an eternal night, Where such expedients fail?
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.