Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 95
... Richard Plantagenet , sayest thou ? " continued Fitzurse . 66 " With Richard Plantagenet , " replied De Bra- cy , with Richard Coeur - de - Lion - with Richard of England . " " And thou wert his prisoner ? " said Walde- mar ; " he is ...
... Richard Plantagenet , sayest thou ? " continued Fitzurse . 66 " With Richard Plantagenet , " replied De Bra- cy , with Richard Coeur - de - Lion - with Richard of England . " " And thou wert his prisoner ? " said Walde- mar ; " he is ...
Page 99
... Richard Plantagenet , and I think it was not their wont to take odds against a single man . " " Thou art mad , De Bracy - what is it we pro- pose to thee , a hired and retained captain of Free Companions , whose swords are purchased for ...
... Richard Plantagenet , and I think it was not their wont to take odds against a single man . " " Thou art mad , De Bracy - what is it we pro- pose to thee , a hired and retained captain of Free Companions , whose swords are purchased for ...
Page 233
... Richard surrounded by so many sylvan attendants , the outlaws , as they seem- ed to be , of the forest , and a ... Plantagenet as himself , since thou seest him in the company of true English hearts , although it IVANHOE . 233 ...
... Richard surrounded by so many sylvan attendants , the outlaws , as they seem- ed to be , of the forest , and a ... Plantagenet as himself , since thou seest him in the company of true English hearts , although it IVANHOE . 233 ...
Page 234
... Richard , smiling ; " a most disobedient traitor ; for were not our orders posi- tive , that thou should'st repose ... Plantagenet , " said the King , " desires no more fame than his good lance and 234 IVANHOE .
... Richard , smiling ; " a most disobedient traitor ; for were not our orders posi- tive , that thou should'st repose ... Plantagenet , " said the King , " desires no more fame than his good lance and 234 IVANHOE .
Page 235
... Richard Plantagenet is prouder of achieving an adventure , with only his good sword , and his good arm to speed , than if he led to battle an host of an hundred thousand arm- ed men . " 66 " But your kingdom , my lord , " said Ivanhoe ...
... Richard Plantagenet is prouder of achieving an adventure , with only his good sword , and his good arm to speed , than if he led to battle an host of an hundred thousand arm- ed men . " 66 " But your kingdom , my lord , " said Ivanhoe ...
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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.