Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 3
... eye - brows , and so forth , struck at least a score of years from his apparent age , and might now seem an active man of sixty , or little upwards . He appeared at present excee- dingly anxious , and had insisted much with Lambourne ...
... eye - brows , and so forth , struck at least a score of years from his apparent age , and might now seem an active man of sixty , or little upwards . He appeared at present excee- dingly anxious , and had insisted much with Lambourne ...
Pàgina 4
... ye I spoke but metaphorically . » >> « Are you mad ? » said the old man ; « is the devil in you ? - can you not let us begone with- out drawing all men's eyes on us ? » " Say'st thou ? » said Lambourne ; « Thou 4 KENILWORTH .
... ye I spoke but metaphorically . » >> « Are you mad ? » said the old man ; « is the devil in you ? - can you not let us begone with- out drawing all men's eyes on us ? » " Say'st thou ? » said Lambourne ; « Thou 4 KENILWORTH .
Pàgina 5
... eyes out of his head with my poniard - So sit down , old friend , and be merry these are mine ancient inmates , and will betray no man . » > Had you not better withdraw to a private apartment , nephew , » said Giles Gosling ; « you ...
... eyes out of his head with my poniard - So sit down , old friend , and be merry these are mine ancient inmates , and will betray no man . » > Had you not better withdraw to a private apartment , nephew , » said Giles Gosling ; « you ...
Pàgina 23
... eyes , a well - formed mouth , and an intelligent smile , often gives grace and interest to features which are both ... eye of the rat , the fawn- ing wile of the spaniel , the determined grasp of the mastiff of him beware , for your own ...
... eyes , a well - formed mouth , and an intelligent smile , often gives grace and interest to features which are both ... eye of the rat , the fawn- ing wile of the spaniel , the determined grasp of the mastiff of him beware , for your own ...
Pàgina 31
... eye reaps little more from observing them , than to be convinced that his final escape can be little else than miraculous . In fact , Queen Elizabeth had a character strangely compounded of the strongest mascu- line sense , with those ...
... eye reaps little more from observing them , than to be convinced that his final escape can be little else than miraculous . In fact , Queen Elizabeth had a character strangely compounded of the strongest mascu- line sense , with those ...
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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.