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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... nose was Grecian and well formed ; his mouth a little large in proportion , but filled with well - set strong . and beautiful white teeth ; his head small , and set upon the neck with much grace . His age could not exceed thirty 14.
... nose was Grecian and well formed ; his mouth a little large in proportion , but filled with well - set strong . and beautiful white teeth ; his head small , and set upon the neck with much grace . His age could not exceed thirty 14.
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Walter Scott. with much grace . His age could not exceed thirty , but if the effects of toil and climate were allowed for , might be three or four years under that period . His form was tall , powerful , and athletic , like that of a man ...
Walter Scott. with much grace . His age could not exceed thirty , but if the effects of toil and climate were allowed for , might be three or four years under that period . His form was tall , powerful , and athletic , like that of a man ...
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... grace with a long draught from the leathern bottle . " That , too , you call a part of your liberty , " said the Sara- cen ; " and as you feed like the brutes , so you degrade your- self to the bestial condition , by drinking what even ...
... grace with a long draught from the leathern bottle . " That , too , you call a part of your liberty , " said the Sara- cen ; " and as you feed like the brutes , so you degrade your- self to the bestial condition , by drinking what even ...
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... grace it and set it off . The central diamond is man , firm and entire , his value depending on himself alone ; and this circle of lesser jewels are women , borrowing his lustre , which he deals out to them as best suits his pleasure or ...
... grace it and set it off . The central diamond is man , firm and entire , his value depending on himself alone ; and this circle of lesser jewels are women , borrowing his lustre , which he deals out to them as best suits his pleasure or ...
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... grace , it flowed unwillingly perhaps at first , or even unconsciously , to- wards the poor Knight of the Leopard , who , to support his rank , had little besides his sword . When she looked , and when she listened , the lady saw and ...
... grace , it flowed unwillingly perhaps at first , or even unconsciously , to- wards the poor Knight of the Leopard , who , to support his rank , had little besides his sword . When she looked , and when she listened , the lady saw and ...
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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.