Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 39
... soon as such confinement in the 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 ...
... soon as such confinement in the 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 ...
Pàgina 44
... soon as they were possessed ; and she was , be- sides , apt to spend a considerable space of time . every day in adorning her person , although the varied splendour of her attire could only attract the half satirical praise of the ...
... soon as they were possessed ; and she was , be- sides , apt to spend a considerable space of time . every day in adorning her person , although the varied splendour of her attire could only attract the half satirical praise of the ...
Pàgina 53
... soon as the door was open , ran to her mistress ; and more slowly , yet with more haste than he was wont , Anthony Foster went to Ri- chard Varney . << In the Truth's name , what ails your lady- ship ? » said the former . « < What , in ...
... soon as the door was open , ran to her mistress ; and more slowly , yet with more haste than he was wont , Anthony Foster went to Ri- chard Varney . << In the Truth's name , what ails your lady- ship ? » said the former . « < What , in ...
Pàgina 56
... soon will I believe light darkness . Have I drank of oblivion ? Do I not remember former passages , which , known to Leicester , had given thee the preferment of a gallows , instead of the honour of his intimacy . — I would I were a man ...
... soon will I believe light darkness . Have I drank of oblivion ? Do I not remember former passages , which , known to Leicester , had given thee the preferment of a gallows , instead of the honour of his intimacy . — I would I were a man ...
Pàgina 65
... soon as Varney had left them , « that whatever this bold and profligate railer may say of the mighty science , in which , by heaven's blessing , I have advanced so far , that I would not call the wi- sest of living artists my better or ...
... soon as Varney had left them , « that whatever this bold and profligate railer may say of the mighty science , in which , by heaven's blessing , I have advanced so far , that I would not call the wi- sest of living artists my better or ...
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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.