Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 34
... usual female protestation that she would live and die a virgin princess . Her words have been more courteous than ever , though she knows such rumours are abroad her actions more gracious- her looks more kind -nought seems wanting to ...
... usual female protestation that she would live and die a virgin princess . Her words have been more courteous than ever , though she knows such rumours are abroad her actions more gracious- her looks more kind -nought seems wanting to ...
Pàgina 39
... usual Sardonic smile , which even respect to his patron could not at all times subdue - « you will have time enough to enjoy undisturbed the society of one so gracious and beautiful — that is , so soon as such confinement in the Tower ...
... usual Sardonic smile , which even respect to his patron could not at all times subdue - « you will have time enough to enjoy undisturbed the society of one so gracious and beautiful — that is , so soon as such confinement in the Tower ...
Pàgina 57
... usual sneering laugh , « < it avails not to deny it . The Woman and the Devil , who , as thine oracle Holdforth will confirm to thee , cheated man at the beginning , have this day proved more powerful than my discretion . Yon termagant ...
... usual sneering laugh , « < it avails not to deny it . The Woman and the Devil , who , as thine oracle Holdforth will confirm to thee , cheated man at the beginning , have this day proved more powerful than my discretion . Yon termagant ...
Pàgina 60
... usual with those of his unhappy temper , was chiefly exerted to- wards those over whom circumstances gave him controul . But at present he shewed nothing of that sullen consciousness of authority which he was wont to conceal under a ...
... usual with those of his unhappy temper , was chiefly exerted to- wards those over whom circumstances gave him controul . But at present he shewed nothing of that sullen consciousness of authority which he was wont to conceal under a ...
Pàgina 99
... usual in cases where their assistance is not wanted . Wayland and his charge paused , as if out of curiosity , and then gradually , without making any inquiries , or being asked any questions , they mingled with the groupe , as if they ...
... usual in cases where their assistance is not wanted . Wayland and his charge paused , as if out of curiosity , and then gradually , without making any inquiries , or being asked any questions , they mingled with the groupe , as if they ...
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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.