Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 39
... Tower be over , as may correspond to the crime of deceiving the affections of Elizabeth Tudor - A cheaper penalty , I presume , you do not expect . " - » << Malicious fiend ! » answered Leicester , « do you mock me in my misfortune ...
... Tower be over , as may correspond to the crime of deceiving the affections of Elizabeth Tudor - A cheaper penalty , I presume , you do not expect . " - » << Malicious fiend ! » answered Leicester , « do you mock me in my misfortune ...
Pàgina 42
... tower behind him , on his hasty journey to Berkshire . He also nour- ished high hope . He had brought Lord Leicester to the point which he had desired , of commit- ting to him the most intimate recesses of his breast , and of using him ...
... tower behind him , on his hasty journey to Berkshire . He also nour- ished high hope . He had brought Lord Leicester to the point which he had desired , of commit- ting to him the most intimate recesses of his breast , and of using him ...
Pàgina 119
... Tower of London so called . Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph , from whom the Castle had its name , a Saxon King of Mercia , and others to an early æra after the Norman Conquest . On the exterior walls ...
... Tower of London so called . Some antiquaries ascribed its foundation to the time of Kenelph , from whom the Castle had its name , a Saxon King of Mercia , and others to an early æra after the Norman Conquest . On the exterior walls ...
Pàgina 120
... the extended front and massive towers of the castle were seen to rise in majesty and beauty . We cannot but add , that of this lordly palace , where princes feasted and heroes fought , now in the bloody earnest of storm 120 KENILWORTH .
... the extended front and massive towers of the castle were seen to rise in majesty and beauty . We cannot but add , that of this lordly palace , where princes feasted and heroes fought , now in the bloody earnest of storm 120 KENILWORTH .
Pàgina 121
... towers , when she first beheld them rise above the embowering and richly sha- ded woods , over which they seemed to preside . She , the undoubted wife of the great Earl , of Elizabeth's minion , and England's mighty fa- vourite , was ...
... towers , when she first beheld them rise above the embowering and richly sha- ded woods , over which they seemed to preside . She , the undoubted wife of the great Earl , of Elizabeth's minion , and England's mighty fa- vourite , was ...
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alarm Alasco Amy Robsart answered Varney answered Wayland Anthony Foster apartment attend beauty Berkshire better betwixt Blount Castle cester chamber command countenance Countess of Leicester court Cumnor Cumnor-Place devil door dress Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Earl's Elizabeth exclaimed eyes farther favour fear Flibbertigibbet followed Grace hand hastily hath head hear heard heart heaven honour horse Hunsdon husband instant instantly Janet journey Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle lady Laneham Leicester's look Lord Hunsdon Lord Leicester Lord of Leicester lordship madam marriage Master Tressilian mercer Mervyn's Michael Lambourne mind mistress night noble once pedlar person present Queen Raleigh Richard Varney Robsart secret seemed shew Sir Richard speak spoke stood Sussex sword thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought thyself tion Tony Foster Tower Tressi villain voice Wayland Smith William Julius Mickle woman words yonder
Passatges populars
Pàgina 16 - Perfume for a lady's chamber ; Golden quoifs and stomachers, For my lads to give their dears: Pins and poking-sticks of steel. What maids lack from head to heel: Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry : Come buy.
Pàgina 120 - ... across which Leicester had constructed a stately bridge, that Elizabeth might enter the castle by a path hitherto untrodden, instead of the usual entrance to the northward; over which he had erected a gate-house or barbican, which still exists, and is equal in extent, and superior in architecture, to the baronial castle of many a northern chief, " Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, full of...
Pàgina 121 - The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment.
Pàgina 32 - When she smiled, it was a pure sunshine, that every one did choose to bask in, if they could ; but anon came a storm, from a sudden gathering of clouds, and the thunder fell, in a wondrous manner, on all alike.
Pàgina 247 - Forgive me, forgive me, most gracious princess,' said Amy, dropping once more on her knee, from which she had arisen. "'For what should I forgive thee, silly wench?' said Elizabeth ; ' for being the daughter of thine own father ? Thou art brainsick, surely. Well, I see, I must wring the story from thee by inches. Thou didst deceive thine old and honored father, — thy look confesses it, — cheated Master Tressilian, — thy blush avouches it, — and married this same Varney.