Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 4
... secret- Dost see this little old fellow here ? as old and withered a chip as ever the de- vil put into his porridge — and yet , uncle , be- and me- -he hath Potosi in that brain of his - Sblood ! he can coin ducats faster than I can ...
... secret- Dost see this little old fellow here ? as old and withered a chip as ever the de- vil put into his porridge — and yet , uncle , be- and me- -he hath Potosi in that brain of his - Sblood ! he can coin ducats faster than I can ...
Pàgina 9
... secret recesses of his shop , « I will lay no such wager , » he said ; << but I will stake five angels against thy five , if thou wilt , that Tony Foster will not leave his own roof , or come to ale - house after prayer time , for thee ...
... secret recesses of his shop , « I will lay no such wager , » he said ; << but I will stake five angels against thy five , if thou wilt , that Tony Foster will not leave his own roof , or come to ale - house after prayer time , for thee ...
Pàgina 25
... secret . « < What ! » ejaculated Michael , at the full ex- tent of his voice , « am I to have no welcome no carouse , when I have brought fortune to your old ruinous dog - house in the shape of a devil's ally , that can change slate ...
... secret . « < What ! » ejaculated Michael , at the full ex- tent of his voice , « am I to have no welcome no carouse , when I have brought fortune to your old ruinous dog - house in the shape of a devil's ally , that can change slate ...
Pàgina 27
... secret from the Countess the dreadful surmises which she could not help entertaining from the drunken ravings of Lambourne . Her fears , however , though they assumed no certain shape , kept pace with the advice of the pedlar ; and she ...
... secret from the Countess the dreadful surmises which she could not help entertaining from the drunken ravings of Lambourne . Her fears , however , though they assumed no certain shape , kept pace with the advice of the pedlar ; and she ...
Pàgina 28
... secret of the deepest importance to the stability of the favourite's power over Elizabeth . « If Leicester would he- sitate to stifle such a rumour by very strange means , » said he to himself , « he has those about him who would do him ...
... secret of the deepest importance to the stability of the favourite's power over Elizabeth . « If Leicester would he- sitate to stifle such a rumour by very strange means , » said he to himself , « he has those about him who would do him ...
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.