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Page 384
... Glendearg , for so the place was called , lay in its secluded and hidden si- tuation . To come at the Tower , it was necessary to travel three miles up the glen , crossing about twenty times the little stream which , winding through the ...
... Glendearg , for so the place was called , lay in its secluded and hidden si- tuation . To come at the Tower , it was necessary to travel three miles up the glen , crossing about twenty times the little stream which , winding through the ...
Page 386
... Glendearg . They had , however , attached to the scene feel- ings fitting the time . Its name , signifying the Red Valley , seems to have been derived , not only from the purple colour of the heath , with which the up- per part of the ...
... Glendearg . They had , however , attached to the scene feel- ings fitting the time . Its name , signifying the Red Valley , seems to have been derived , not only from the purple colour of the heath , with which the up- per part of the ...
Page 390
... Glendearg , bit the dust , no way disparaging in his death that ancient race from which he claimed his descent . When the doleful news , which spread terror and mourning through the whole of Scotland , reached the Tower of Glendearg ...
... Glendearg , bit the dust , no way disparaging in his death that ancient race from which he claimed his descent . When the doleful news , which spread terror and mourning through the whole of Scotland , reached the Tower of Glendearg ...
Page 398
... Glendearg had received assurance from the Eng- lish Captain , and that her cattle were not to be driven off , or her corn burned . Among others who heard this report , it reached the ears of a lady , who , once much higher in rank than ...
... Glendearg had received assurance from the Eng- lish Captain , and that her cattle were not to be driven off , or her corn burned . Among others who heard this report , it reached the ears of a lady , who , once much higher in rank than ...
Page 399
... Glendearg , at the head of which was the little tower of the Glendinnings . Here they had lived , bearing a re- spectable rank amongst the gentry of their province , though neither wealthy nor powerful . This gene- ral regard had been ...
... Glendearg , at the head of which was the little tower of the Glendinnings . Here they had lived , bearing a re- spectable rank amongst the gentry of their province , though neither wealthy nor powerful . This gene- ral regard had been ...
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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
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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.