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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... Saracens , and he had not enjoyed an opportunity of enriching himself by the ransom of any prisoners of conse ... Saracen cavalier , " In the desert , " saith an Eastern proverb , " no man meets a friend . " The crusader was ...
... Saracens , and he had not enjoyed an opportunity of enriching himself by the ransom of any prisoners of conse ... Saracen cavalier , " In the desert , " saith an Eastern proverb , " no man meets a friend . " The crusader was ...
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... Saracen came on at the speedy gallop of an Arab horse- man managing his steed more by his limbs , and the inflection of his body , than by any use of the reins , which hung loose in his left hand ; so that he was enabled to wield the ...
... Saracen came on at the speedy gallop of an Arab horse- man managing his steed more by his limbs , and the inflection of his body , than by any use of the reins , which hung loose in his left hand ; so that he was enabled to wield the ...
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... Saracen was just aware of the formidable missile in time to interpose his light buckler be- tween the mace and his head ; but the violence of the blow forced the buckler down on his turban , and though that defence also contributed to ...
... Saracen was just aware of the formidable missile in time to interpose his light buckler be- tween the mace and his head ; but the violence of the blow forced the buckler down on his turban , and though that defence also contributed to ...
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... Saracens gradually caught a part of their manners , and especially of those chival- rous observances , which were so well calculated to charm the minds of a proud and conquering people . They had their tournaments and games of chivalry ...
... Saracens gradually caught a part of their manners , and especially of those chival- rous observances , which were so well calculated to charm the minds of a proud and conquering people . They had their tournaments and games of chivalry ...
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... Saracen , who had so lately done their best for each other's mutual de- struction , rode at a slow pace toward the fountain of palm- trees , to which the Knight of the Couchant Leopard had been tending , when interrupted in mid passage ...
... Saracen , who had so lately done their best for each other's mutual de- struction , rode at a slow pace toward the fountain of palm- trees , to which the Knight of the Couchant Leopard had been tending , when interrupted in mid passage ...
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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.