Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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Page 28
... champion myself . " And well and chivalrously did De Bracy that day maintain the fame he had acquired in the civil ... champions were now fighting hand to hand , rung with the furious blows which they dealt each other , De Bracy ...
... champion myself . " And well and chivalrously did De Bracy that day maintain the fame he had acquired in the civil ... champions were now fighting hand to hand , rung with the furious blows which they dealt each other , De Bracy ...
Page 51
... permitted the lady to move on . Cedric , ere they departed , expressed his peculiar gratitude to the Black Champion , and earnestly entreated him to accompany him to Rotherwood . " I know , " he said , " that IVANHOE . 51.
... permitted the lady to move on . Cedric , ere they departed , expressed his peculiar gratitude to the Black Champion , and earnestly entreated him to accompany him to Rotherwood . " I know , " he said , " that IVANHOE . 51.
Page 52
... champion whose trade is wander- ing . Thou hast earned one in the halls of Rother- wood , noble knight . Cedric has wealth enough to repair the injuries of fortune , and all he has is his deliverer's - Come , therefore , to Rotherwood ...
... champion whose trade is wander- ing . Thou hast earned one in the halls of Rother- wood , noble knight . Cedric has wealth enough to repair the injuries of fortune , and all he has is his deliverer's - Come , therefore , to Rotherwood ...
Page 54
... Champion , " without whose good heart and mighty arm our enterprize must altogether have failed , will it please you to take from that mass of spoil what- soever may best serve to pleasure you , and to re- mind you of this my Trysting ...
... Champion , " without whose good heart and mighty arm our enterprize must altogether have failed , will it please you to take from that mass of spoil what- soever may best serve to pleasure you , and to re- mind you of this my Trysting ...
Page 118
... Champions of the Cross , sacrificing to our calling , not alone our blood and our lives - not alone our lusts and our vices- but our ease , our comforts , and our natural affec- tions , and many a pleasure that may be lawful to others ...
... Champions of the Cross , sacrificing to our calling , not alone our blood and our lives - not alone our lusts and our vices- but our ease , our comforts , and our natural affec- tions , and many a pleasure that may be lawful to others ...
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.