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Side 94
... passed the younger measure of his days till now . War was his delight whenever his country called , though peace best accorded with the humanity of his bosom . By deed of arms , my Lord , " he con- tinues , " I was raised to the glory ...
... passed the younger measure of his days till now . War was his delight whenever his country called , though peace best accorded with the humanity of his bosom . By deed of arms , my Lord , " he con- tinues , " I was raised to the glory ...
Side 152
... passed be- fore , as the red lightning gilded its ap- pearance ? he had an equal band in the deed --- the bloody deed ! --- Ha ! there she is again --- avaunt ! I see , I know it all . Why clad in terrors do you come to haunt , and with ...
... passed be- fore , as the red lightning gilded its ap- pearance ? he had an equal band in the deed --- the bloody deed ! --- Ha ! there she is again --- avaunt ! I see , I know it all . Why clad in terrors do you come to haunt , and with ...
Side 181
... passed the light two or three times across the Earl's eyes , shewed signs he was convinced he was asleep , and stole softly out of the apartment . The moon suddenly disappeared , and in exchange an awful flash of the heavens threw its ...
... passed the light two or three times across the Earl's eyes , shewed signs he was convinced he was asleep , and stole softly out of the apartment . The moon suddenly disappeared , and in exchange an awful flash of the heavens threw its ...
Side 187
... passed off in unusual still ness , and after a considerable pause of silence , the horn at the castle gate began to sound . By this time Adeliza , who • escaped the besiegers by concealing herself , ventured softly THE TOWERS OF ...
... passed off in unusual still ness , and after a considerable pause of silence , the horn at the castle gate began to sound . By this time Adeliza , who • escaped the besiegers by concealing herself , ventured softly THE TOWERS OF ...
Side 30
... passed the fiery ordeal ! seven hundred and seventy - seven burning impediments have I escaped , and fear not the remainder ! Look , look , look , an army of blue locusts with red flaming tails , he brings with him ! I fear them not ...
... passed the fiery ordeal ! seven hundred and seventy - seven burning impediments have I escaped , and fear not the remainder ! Look , look , look , an army of blue locusts with red flaming tails , he brings with him ! I fear them not ...
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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.