Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 8
... commands here , this blessed night , under my uncle's roof ! And I will ring him such a black sanctus , that he shall think the devil hath him by the skirts for a month to come , for barely hearing me . » « Nay , now the pottle - pot is ...
... commands here , this blessed night , under my uncle's roof ! And I will ring him such a black sanctus , that he shall think the devil hath him by the skirts for a month to come , for barely hearing me . » « Nay , now the pottle - pot is ...
Pàgina 12
... command would not move him from the ale- bench . So they are fast for an hour or so Now , if if you will don your pack , which will be your best excuse , you may , perchance , win the ear of the old servant , being assured of the ...
... command would not move him from the ale- bench . So they are fast for an hour or so Now , if if you will don your pack , which will be your best excuse , you may , perchance , win the ear of the old servant , being assured of the ...
Pàgina 50
... commands , into the next apartment , which was the withdrawing- room . The door which led from the sleeping- chamber was then carefully shut and bolted , and the father and daughter remained both in a posture of anxious attention , the ...
... commands , into the next apartment , which was the withdrawing- room . The door which led from the sleeping- chamber was then carefully shut and bolted , and the father and daughter remained both in a posture of anxious attention , the ...
Pàgina 51
... command you ! -- Undo the door ! -I will have no other reply ! » she continued , drowning with her vehement accents the low and muttered sounds which Var- ney was heard to utter betwixt whiles . « What ho ! without there ! » she ...
... command you ! -- Undo the door ! -I will have no other reply ! » she continued , drowning with her vehement accents the low and muttered sounds which Var- ney was heard to utter betwixt whiles . « What ho ! without there ! » she ...
Pàgina 53
... commands , which , if the lady list not to obey , she knows better how to answer it than I may pretend to do . » ( ( Now , by Heaven , Janet , » said the Countess , « the false traitor lies in his throat ! He must needs lie , for he ...
... commands , which , if the lady list not to obey , she knows better how to answer it than I may pretend to do . » ( ( Now , by Heaven , Janet , » said the Countess , « the false traitor lies in his throat ! He must needs lie , for he ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
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.