Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 429
... father , to comfort the widow - He ! he ! he ! " This last laugh was more moderate , until the Abbot should put his sanction on the jest . " Ho ! ho ! " said the Abbot ; " then , to leave jesting , Father Philip , take thou thy riding ...
... father , to comfort the widow - He ! he ! he ! " This last laugh was more moderate , until the Abbot should put his sanction on the jest . " Ho ! ho ! " said the Abbot ; " then , to leave jesting , Father Philip , take thou thy riding ...
Page 430
... Father Philip ; but wot you not that which preventeth harm doth good ? This Julian de Avenel lives a light and evil life , and should we neglect the widow of his brother , he might foray our lands , and we never able to shew who hurt us ...
... Father Philip ; but wot you not that which preventeth harm doth good ? This Julian de Avenel lives a light and evil life , and should we neglect the widow of his brother , he might foray our lands , and we never able to shew who hurt us ...
Page 433
... Father Philip , she at length brought him the fatal volume . It was easy to do this without suspicion on the part of the owner , as she lay on her bed exhausted with the fatigue of a long conference with her confessor , and as the small ...
... Father Philip , she at length brought him the fatal volume . It was easy to do this without suspicion on the part of the owner , as she lay on her bed exhausted with the fatigue of a long conference with her confessor , and as the small ...
Page 435
... Father Philip , in a tone as de- ferential as he thought could possibly become the Sacristan of Saint Mary's , - " Not I , but the Holy Father of Christendom , and our own holy father the Lord Abbot , know best . I , the poor ...
... Father Philip , in a tone as de- ferential as he thought could possibly become the Sacristan of Saint Mary's , - " Not I , but the Holy Father of Christendom , and our own holy father the Lord Abbot , know best . I , the poor ...
Page 437
... Father Philip had to be the very first who should acquaint the Ab- bot that a copy of the book they most dreaded had been found within the Halidome , or patrimony of the Abbey ; notwithstanding , moreover , certain feelings which ...
... Father Philip had to be the very first who should acquaint the Ab- bot that a copy of the book they most dreaded had been found within the Halidome , or patrimony of the Abbey ; notwithstanding , moreover , certain feelings which ...
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.