Historical romances of the author of Waverley, Volume 2 |
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... st in the right on't . " And in good time did he close it , for three ar- rows flew at the same instant from the ... Saint Edward ! Ha ! Saint George ! " said the Black Knight , striking down a man at every invocation ; " have we ...
... st in the right on't . " And in good time did he close it , for three ar- rows flew at the same instant from the ... Saint Edward ! Ha ! Saint George ! " said the Black Knight , striking down a man at every invocation ; " have we ...
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... Saint George ! not the altar itself shall be a sanctuary . I will hang thee out to feed the ravens , from the very pinnacle of thine own castle . - Let this knight have a steed , Locksley , for I see your yeomen have caught those VOL ...
... Saint George ! not the altar itself shall be a sanctuary . I will hang thee out to feed the ravens , from the very pinnacle of thine own castle . - Let this knight have a steed , Locksley , for I see your yeomen have caught those VOL ...
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... Saint George , the good knight . " " The stranger must first shew , " said Malvoisin , " that he is good knight , and of honourable line- age . The Temple sendeth not forth her champions against nameless men . " 66 My name , " said the ...
... Saint George , the good knight . " " The stranger must first shew , " said Malvoisin , " that he is good knight , and of honourable line- age . The Temple sendeth not forth her champions against nameless men . " 66 My name , " said the ...
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... Saint George's red cross ? " said he to the elder boy , in a tone betwixt jest and earnest . " Because Saint George is a southern saint , ” said the child sulkily . " Good " said Stawarth Bolton . " And what did you mean by taking it ...
... Saint George's red cross ? " said he to the elder boy , in a tone betwixt jest and earnest . " Because Saint George is a southern saint , ” said the child sulkily . " Good " said Stawarth Bolton . " And what did you mean by taking it ...
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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.