The talismanE. Duyckinck, Collins & Hannay, Collins & Company, E. Bliss and E. White, and W.B. Gilley. J. & J. Harper, printers, 1825 |
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Page 58
... Nectabanus , " said the abortion - seeming male , in a voice corresponding to his figure , and resembling the voice of the night - crow more than any sound which is heard by day - light . " And I am Guenevra , his lady and his love ...
... Nectabanus , " said the abortion - seeming male , in a voice corresponding to his figure , and resembling the voice of the night - crow more than any sound which is heard by day - light . " And I am Guenevra , his lady and his love ...
Page 133
... Nectabanus the homage due to his dignity ? Or is it possible that thou canst have forgotten him ? " " Great Nectabanus , " answered the knight , willing to sooth the creature's humour , " that were difficult for any one who has ever ...
... Nectabanus the homage due to his dignity ? Or is it possible that thou canst have forgotten him ? " " Great Nectabanus , " answered the knight , willing to sooth the creature's humour , " that were difficult for any one who has ever ...
Page 134
... Nectabanus , " so that you presently attend me to the presence of those who have sent me hither to summon you . " " Great sir , " replied the knight , " neither in this can I gratify thee , for my orders are to abide by this banner till ...
... Nectabanus , " so that you presently attend me to the presence of those who have sent me hither to summon you . " " Great sir , " replied the knight , " neither in this can I gratify thee , for my orders are to abide by this banner till ...
Page 135
... Nectabanus - bethink thyself , " said the knight- " Can my lady know where and upon what duty I am this night engaged ? Is she aware that my life - Pshaw , why should I speak of life - but that my honour depends on my guarding this ...
... Nectabanus - bethink thyself , " said the knight- " Can my lady know where and upon what duty I am this night engaged ? Is she aware that my life - Pshaw , why should I speak of life - but that my honour depends on my guarding this ...
Page 136
... Nectabanus , I conjure thee once more to say , are you to conduct me far from hence ? " " But to yonder pavilion ; and since you must needs know , " replied Nectabanus , " the moon is glimmering on the gilded ball which crowns its roof ...
... Nectabanus , I conjure thee once more to say , are you to conduct me far from hence ? " " But to yonder pavilion ; and since you must needs know , " replied Nectabanus , " the moon is glimmering on the gilded ball which crowns its roof ...
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Page 58 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Page 134 - Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way.
Page 3 - THE burning sun of Syria had not yet attained its highest point in the horizon, when a knight of the Red-cross, who had left his distant northern home, and joined the host of the crusaders in Palestine, was pacing slowly along the sandy deserts which lie in the vicinity of the Dead Sea, or, as it is called, the Lake Asphaltites, where the waves of the Jordan pour themselves into an inland sea, from which there is no discharge of waters.
Page 5 - An outline of the same device might be traced on his shield, though many a blow had almost effaced the painting. The flat top of his cumbrous cylindrical helmet was unadorned with any crest. In retaining their own unwieldy defensive...
Page 6 - In the desert," saith an Eastern proverb, " no man meets a friend." The Crusader was totally indifferent whether the infidel, who now approached on his gallant barb as if borne on the wings of an eagle, came as friend or foe ; perhaps, as a vowed champion of the Cross, he might rather have preferred the latter. He disengaged his lance from...
Page 93 - ... companion of our pleasures and our toils, hath invested him with a nature noble and incapable of deceit. He forgets neither friend nor foe, remembers, and with accuracy, both benefit and injury. He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood. You may bribe a soldier to slay a man with his sword, or a witness to take life by false accusation ; but you cannot make a hound tear his benefactor : he is the friend of man, save when 'man justly incurs his enmity.
Page 7 - His own long spear was not couched or levelled like that of his antagonist, but grasped by the middle with his right hand, and brandished at arm's length above his head. As the cavalier approached his enemy at full career, he seemed to expect that the Knight of the Leopard should put his horse to the gallop to encounter him.