Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 29
... called the dagger of mercy , ) — " yield thee , Mau- rice De Bracy , rescue or no rescue , or thou art but a dead man . " " I will not yield , " replied De Bracy faintly , " to an unknown conqueror . Tell me thy name , or work thy ...
... called the dagger of mercy , ) — " yield thee , Mau- rice De Bracy , rescue or no rescue , or thou art but a dead man . " " I will not yield , " replied De Bracy faintly , " to an unknown conqueror . Tell me thy name , or work thy ...
Page 56
... not to * The notes upon the bugle were anciently called mots , and are distinguished in the old treatises on hunting , not by musi- cal characters , but by written words . serve him at his need , I will have him 56 IVANHOE .
... not to * The notes upon the bugle were anciently called mots , and are distinguished in the old treatises on hunting , not by musi- cal characters , but by written words . serve him at his need , I will have him 56 IVANHOE .
Page 61
... called it your morning draught - I am a pagan , an I kept it not for the Captain's own throat . But what recks it ? The Jew is converted , and understands all I have told him , very nearly , if not altogether , as well as myself ...
... called it your morning draught - I am a pagan , an I kept it not for the Captain's own throat . But what recks it ? The Jew is converted , and understands all I have told him , very nearly , if not altogether , as well as myself ...
Page 68
... called Allan - a- Dale - nebulo quidam - who has menaced me with corporeal punishment - nay , with death itself , an I pay not down four hundred crowns of ransom , to the boot all the treasure of which he hath robbed me -gold chains and ...
... called Allan - a- Dale - nebulo quidam - who has menaced me with corporeal punishment - nay , with death itself , an I pay not down four hundred crowns of ransom , to the boot all the treasure of which he hath robbed me -gold chains and ...
Page 69
... called to a new election ; for your place will know you no more . " " Are ye Christians , " said the Prior , " and hold this language to a churchman ? " " Christians ! ay , marry are we , and have divi- nity among us to boot ...
... called to a new election ; for your place will know you no more . " " Are ye Christians , " said the Prior , " and hold this language to a churchman ? " " Christians ! ay , marry are we , and have divi- nity among us to boot ...
Common terms and phrases
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.