Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 16
... thought Wayland , as he heard the hag shut the garden- door behind him . « But they shall not beat me , and they dare not murder me , for so little tres- pass , and by this fair twilight . Hang it , I will on a brave general never thought ...
... thought Wayland , as he heard the hag shut the garden- door behind him . « But they shall not beat me , and they dare not murder me , for so little tres- pass , and by this fair twilight . Hang it , I will on a brave general never thought ...
Pàgina 19
... thought Wayland , as he busied him- self to answer the demands which she thronged one on another , with the eagerness of a young lady who has been long secluded from such a pleasing occupation . « But how to bring her to a moment's ...
... thought Wayland , as he busied him- self to answer the demands which she thronged one on another , with the eagerness of a young lady who has been long secluded from such a pleasing occupation . « But how to bring her to a moment's ...
Pàgina 33
... thoughts turned to dwell upon his secret marriage , and its consequences ; and it was in bitterness against himself , if not against his unfortunate Countess , that he ascribed to that hasty measure , adopted in the ardour of what he ...
... thoughts turned to dwell upon his secret marriage , and its consequences ; and it was in bitterness against himself , if not against his unfortunate Countess , that he ascribed to that hasty measure , adopted in the ardour of what he ...
Pàgina 42
... thought of with a mixture of fiendish feelings , in which revenge for her previous scorn was foremost and predominant . Again he contemplated the possibility of her being totally intractable , and refusing obstinately to play the part ...
... thought of with a mixture of fiendish feelings , in which revenge for her previous scorn was foremost and predominant . Again he contemplated the possibility of her being totally intractable , and refusing obstinately to play the part ...
Pàgina 54
... thought became the charge entrusted to him , « Nay , lady , I must needs say you are hasty in this - Such deceit is not utterly to be condemned when practised for a righteous end ; and thus even the patriarch Abraham feigned Sarah to be ...
... thought became the charge entrusted to him , « Nay , lady , I must needs say you are hasty in this - Such deceit is not utterly to be condemned when practised for a righteous end ; and thus even the patriarch Abraham feigned Sarah to be ...
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.