Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 450
... Prior of St Mary's , and endeavoured to provide for them by getting admitted into his Monastery as Sub - Prior a bro- ther Cistercian , a man of parts and knowledge , de- voted to the service of the Catholic church , and very capable ...
... Prior of St Mary's , and endeavoured to provide for them by getting admitted into his Monastery as Sub - Prior a bro- ther Cistercian , a man of parts and knowledge , de- voted to the service of the Catholic church , and very capable ...
Page 451
... Sub - Prior . Yet more indignant he would have been , had he suspected that Father Eustace's ambition was fixed upon his own mitre , which , from some attacks of an apoplectic nature , which the Abbot's friends deemed more serious than ...
... Sub - Prior . Yet more indignant he would have been , had he suspected that Father Eustace's ambition was fixed upon his own mitre , which , from some attacks of an apoplectic nature , which the Abbot's friends deemed more serious than ...
Page 458
... Sub - Prior also of this convent . " " that " I am astonished , " continued Eustace , " the Abbot of this venerable house should ask of any one , whether he can alienate the patrimony of our holy and divine patroness , or give up to 458 ...
... Sub - Prior also of this convent . " " that " I am astonished , " continued Eustace , " the Abbot of this venerable house should ask of any one , whether he can alienate the patrimony of our holy and divine patroness , or give up to 458 ...
Page 462
... Sub - Prior , " of water our brother has had enough ; and methinks , the confusion of his eye is rather that of terror , than of aught unbecoming his pro- fession . Where didst thou find him , Hob Miller ? " " An it please your ...
... Sub - Prior , " of water our brother has had enough ; and methinks , the confusion of his eye is rather that of terror , than of aught unbecoming his pro- fession . Where didst thou find him , Hob Miller ? " " An it please your ...
Page 471
... Sub- Prior suggested to him also , the necessary connec- tion of interests betwixt the Monastery and the office which this man enjoyed . He listened with temper to his rude and churlish answers ; and by keeping his own interest firm ...
... Sub- Prior suggested to him also , the necessary connec- tion of interests betwixt the Monastery and the office which this man enjoyed . He listened with temper to his rude and churlish answers ; and by keeping his own interest firm ...
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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.