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Pagina 3
... periods of the early history of Britain has played so impor- tant a part , and we shall therefore make no apology for bringing our actors upon the scene , in the close vicinity of the well - known , lively town of Margate . In the good ...
... periods of the early history of Britain has played so impor- tant a part , and we shall therefore make no apology for bringing our actors upon the scene , in the close vicinity of the well - known , lively town of Margate . In the good ...
Pagina 17
... period in which we have introduced some of the dramatis personæ of our story upon the scene , was that portion of John's reign , in which Philip the Fair , of France , espousing the cause of the nephew of the English monarch , laid ...
... period in which we have introduced some of the dramatis personæ of our story upon the scene , was that portion of John's reign , in which Philip the Fair , of France , espousing the cause of the nephew of the English monarch , laid ...
Pagina 24
... period in which we resume the thread of our tale , Salmstone , although situate in a charming spot , and surrounded by emerald pas- ture and smiling down , had a dark , ominous , and melancholy look . Its walls were massive and frowning ...
... period in which we resume the thread of our tale , Salmstone , although situate in a charming spot , and surrounded by emerald pas- ture and smiling down , had a dark , ominous , and melancholy look . Its walls were massive and frowning ...
Pagina 36
... period , and then left them pretty much to their own incli- nations as to the prosecution of their studies . Bertha Daundelyonne could embroider a scarf , and even work the tapestry and hangings of a room ; she could also dance a ...
... period , and then left them pretty much to their own incli- nations as to the prosecution of their studies . Bertha Daundelyonne could embroider a scarf , and even work the tapestry and hangings of a room ; she could also dance a ...
Pagina 73
... period no safe person to assail . Their blows fell upon his armour of proof with about as much effect as if they had been rained upon the hide of a rhinoceros ; whilst he him- self , forgetting the priest for a moment , dashed upon them ...
... period no safe person to assail . Their blows fell upon his armour of proof with about as much effect as if they had been rained upon the hide of a rhinoceros ; whilst he him- self , forgetting the priest for a moment , dashed upon them ...
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Adela amidst amongst apartment appeared arms Arthur attendants barons beauty beheld beneath Bertha Daundelyonne Bossu Brabançon Brabant caitiff castle cavern chamber Cinque Port Clothaire companion dark Daunde Dauphin death Dover Castle dreadful endeavoured England English escape esquire exclaimed fair Bertha Falaise Faulconbridge favour fear followers fortress gazed glance Gondibert guard hall hand hath heard heart heaven horse hour Hubert de Burgh inquired Isabella of Angoulême Isle of Thanet Jester John John of England King King's knave Knight of Daundelyonne Lady Bertha land looked Lord of Folkstone Mayor men-at-arms ment methinks minstrel Mirabeau monarch monk noble party passed present Prince prisoner Queen replied returned royal ruffian Salmstone Sandwich scene seemed seen SHAKESPERE side Sir Gilbert Sir Knight Sir Raoul sirrah soldier sound steed Stonar stood suddenly sword thee Thou art thought tower town turned walls Walter Mauluc weapon whilst yonder youth
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Pagina 56 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Pagina 144 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Pagina 280 - The king doth wake to-night, and takes his rouse, Keeps wassail, and the swaggering up-spring reels ; And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge.
Pagina 107 - John. It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Pagina 154 - . when the last account 'twixt heaven and earth Is to be made, then shall this hand and seal Witness against us to damnation. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done...
Pagina 61 - Upon the middle of the night, Waking she heard the night-fowl crow: The cock sung out an hour ere light: From the dark fen the oxen's low Came to her: without hope of change, In sleep she seem'd to walk forlorn, Till cold winds woke the gray-eyed morn About the lonely moated grange. She only said, The day is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Pagina 250 - Subtle as Sphinx ; as sweet, and musical, As bright Apollo's lute, strung with his hair ; And, when love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony.
Pagina 278 - s his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design, Moves like a ghost.
Pagina 80 - Old faces glimmer'd thro' the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. She only said, "My life is dreary, He cometh not...
Pagina 278 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here; And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood, Stop up th...