Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 11
... brother ? " " Be thou fiend , priest , or devil , " replied Front- de - Bœuf , " thou liest in thy throat ! -Not I stir- red John to rebellion - not I alone - there were fifty knights and barons , the flower of the mid- land counties ...
... brother ? " " Be thou fiend , priest , or devil , " replied Front- de - Bœuf , " thou liest in thy throat ! -Not I stir- red John to rebellion - not I alone - there were fifty knights and barons , the flower of the mid- land counties ...
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... —Your ally -your brother in arms , ye perjured and faithless knights ! -all the curses due to traitors upon your recreant heads , do you abandon me to perish thus 12 16 IVANHOE . “ Woman !” he exclaimed with fury, “ ...
... —Your ally -your brother in arms , ye perjured and faithless knights ! -all the curses due to traitors upon your recreant heads , do you abandon me to perish thus 12 16 IVANHOE . “ Woman !” he exclaimed with fury, “ ...
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... brother Gurth ; the serf sits by the hall - fire when the freeman must forth to the field - And what saith Oldhelm of Malmsbury - Better a fool at a feast than a wise man at a fray . " The tramp of horses was now heard , and the 14 48 ...
... brother Gurth ; the serf sits by the hall - fire when the freeman must forth to the field - And what saith Oldhelm of Malmsbury - Better a fool at a feast than a wise man at a fray . " The tramp of horses was now heard , and the 14 48 ...
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... brother . " " Cedric has already made me rich , " said the Knight , " he has taught me the value of Saxon virtue . To Rotherwood will I come , brave Saxon , and that speedily ; but , as now , pressing matters of moment detain me from ...
... brother . " " Cedric has already made me rich , " said the Knight , " he has taught me the value of Saxon virtue . To Rotherwood will I come , brave Saxon , and that speedily ; but , as now , pressing matters of moment detain me from ...
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... brother of his a prisoner at no great distance , and I would have the Friar to help me to deal with him in due sort - I greatly misdoubt the safety of the bluff priest . " " I were right sorry for that , " said the Knight of the ...
... brother of his a prisoner at no great distance , and I would have the Friar to help me to deal with him in due sort - I greatly misdoubt the safety of the bluff priest . " " I were right sorry for that , " said the Knight of the ...
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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
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.