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... IVANHOE . EDINBURGH ; AND HURST , ROBINSON AND CO LONDON . 1822 . EODL 13AP LIBRAN IVANHOE ; A ROMANCE . Now fitted. PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO EDINBURGH ;
... IVANHOE . EDINBURGH ; AND HURST , ROBINSON AND CO LONDON . 1822 . EODL 13AP LIBRAN IVANHOE ; A ROMANCE . Now fitted. PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO EDINBURGH ;
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sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]). IVANHOE ; A ROMANCE . Now fitted the halter , now traversed the cart , And often took leave , but seem'd loth to depart ! VOL . II . A PRIOR . IVANHOE . CHAPTER I. Approach the chamber , look ...
sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]). IVANHOE ; A ROMANCE . Now fitted the halter , now traversed the cart , And often took leave , but seem'd loth to depart ! VOL . II . A PRIOR . IVANHOE . CHAPTER I. Approach the chamber , look ...
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sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]). IVANHOE . CHAPTER I. Approach the chamber , look upon his bed . His is the passing of no peaceful ghost , Which , as the lark arises to the sky , ' Mid morning's sweetest ... IVANHOE. ...
sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]). IVANHOE . CHAPTER I. Approach the chamber , look upon his bed . His is the passing of no peaceful ghost , Which , as the lark arises to the sky , ' Mid morning's sweetest ... IVANHOE. ...
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... resembled the peace of mind which follows on sincere repentance , than the turbid stupefaction procured by opium resem- bles healthy and natural slumbers , it was still a 66 state of mind preferable to the agonies of awaken- 8 IVANHOE .
... resembled the peace of mind which follows on sincere repentance , than the turbid stupefaction procured by opium resem- bles healthy and natural slumbers , it was still a 66 state of mind preferable to the agonies of awaken- 8 IVANHOE .
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... nerves of Front - de - Bœuf heard , in this strange interruption to his soliloquy , the voice of one of those demons , who , as the superstition of the times believed , beset the beds of dying men , to distract their thoughts 10 IVANHOE .
... nerves of Front - de - Bœuf heard , in this strange interruption to his soliloquy , the voice of one of those demons , who , as the superstition of the times believed , beset the beds of dying men , to distract their thoughts 10 IVANHOE .
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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.