Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 402
... Dame Elspeth is of good folk , a widow , and the mother of orphans , —she will give us house - room until something be thought upon . These evil showers make the low bush better than no beild . " " See there , see there , " said Martin ...
... Dame Elspeth is of good folk , a widow , and the mother of orphans , —she will give us house - room until something be thought upon . These evil showers make the low bush better than no beild . " " See there , see there , " said Martin ...
Page 409
... Dame Elspeth - I kenn'd her husband weel , and have bought and sold with him , for as great a man as he was . ” Martin's tale was soon told , and met all accept- ance from her companion in misfortune . The Lady of Avenel had been meek ...
... Dame Elspeth - I kenn'd her husband weel , and have bought and sold with him , for as great a man as he was . ” Martin's tale was soon told , and met all accept- ance from her companion in misfortune . The Lady of Avenel had been meek ...
Page 412
... Dame Elspeth and Tibb ; the former being jealous of her own consequence , and the latter apt to lay too much stress upon the rank and family of her mistress . But both were alike desirous to conceal such petty squabbles from the lady ...
... Dame Elspeth and Tibb ; the former being jealous of her own consequence , and the latter apt to lay too much stress upon the rank and family of her mistress . But both were alike desirous to conceal such petty squabbles from the lady ...
Page 414
... Dame Elspeth sate pulling the thread from her distaff ; Tibb watched the progress of scalding the whey , which hung in a large pot upon the crook , a chain terminated by a hook , which was suspend- ed in the chimney to serve the purpose ...
... Dame Elspeth sate pulling the thread from her distaff ; Tibb watched the progress of scalding the whey , which hung in a large pot upon the crook , a chain terminated by a hook , which was suspend- ed in the chimney to serve the purpose ...
Page 417
... Dame Elspeth to her two boys , " come yon gate into the ha ' , roaring like bull - segs , to frighten the leddy , and her far frae strong ? " The boys looked at each other in silence and confusion , and their mother proceeded with her ...
... Dame Elspeth to her two boys , " come yon gate into the ha ' , roaring like bull - segs , to frighten the leddy , and her far frae strong ? " The boys looked at each other in silence and confusion , and their mother proceeded with her ...
Common terms and phrases
Abbot Albert answered arms Athelstane Avenel Beaumanoir better betwixt Black Knight blood Bracy brethren Brian de Bois-Guilbert brother called Captain castle Cedric champion church companion Dame Elspeth Dame Glendinning daughter death evil exclaimed eyes Father Eustace Father Philip fear Fitzurse Friar Friar Tuck Front-de-Bœuf glen Glendearg Grand Master Gurth hand hath head heart Heaven Holy Order honour horse Isaac Ivanhoe Jedediah Cleishbotham Jewess King knave knowest lance Locksley look maiden Malvoisin Monastery Monk never noble Order Outlaw pray Preceptor priest Prince John Prior ransom Rebecca replied reverend father Richard Richard Plantagenet Rowena Sacristan Saint Dunstan Saint George Saint Mary's Saxon shew Sir Knight stranger Sub-Prior sword tell Templar Temple Templestowe thee ther thine thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou wilt Tibb tion tower voice Waldemar Wamba Wilfred woman words yeoman
Popular passages
Page 312 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 19 - Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead ! In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man, As modest stillness, and humility : But when the blast of war...
Page 19 - And you, good yeomen, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding— which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
Page 182 - With priest's and warrior's voice between. No portents now our foes amaze, Forsaken Israel wanders lone : Our fathers would not know Thy ways, And Thou hast left them to their own. But present still, though now unseen ! When brightly shines the...
Page 183 - To temper the deceitful ray. And oh, when stoops on Judah's path In shade and storm the frequent night, Be THOU, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning, and a shining light! Our harps we left by Babel's streams, The tyrant's jest, the Gentile's scorn; No censer round our altar beams, And mute our timbrel, trump, and horn.