Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 20
... trust your ladyship will never have rea- son to complain . The amount of a small turkey- bean , swallowed daily for a week , fortifies the heart against those black vapours which arise from solitude , melancholy , unrequited affec- tion ...
... trust your ladyship will never have rea- son to complain . The amount of a small turkey- bean , swallowed daily for a week , fortifies the heart against those black vapours which arise from solitude , melancholy , unrequited affec- tion ...
Pàgina 39
... as my credentials , and trust to me for backing the advice it contains with all the force in my power . And such is my opinion of my lady's love for your lordship , and of her willingness to do that which is at KENILWORTH . 39.
... as my credentials , and trust to me for backing the advice it contains with all the force in my power . And such is my opinion of my lady's love for your lordship , and of her willingness to do that which is at KENILWORTH . 39.
Pàgina 60
... trust - but yet » « At this moment , Anthony Foster entered the apartment , bearing in his hand a glass cup , and a small flask . His manner was singular ; for , while approaching the Countess with the re- spect due to her rank , he had ...
... trust - but yet » « At this moment , Anthony Foster entered the apartment , bearing in his hand a glass cup , and a small flask . His manner was singular ; for , while approaching the Countess with the re- spect due to her rank , he had ...
Pàgina 63
... trust desert me when I do so ! No , madam ; well you said the God you serve will open you a path for de- liverance . There is a way of escape ; I have prayed night and day for light , that I might see how to act betwixt my duty to ...
... trust desert me when I do so ! No , madam ; well you said the God you serve will open you a path for de- liverance . There is a way of escape ; I have prayed night and day for light , that I might see how to act betwixt my duty to ...
Pàgina 71
... a cup - bearer ! » « He did not deem it harmless , I fear , >> re- plied the maiden ; « but God confounds the devices of the wicked . Believe me , as I swear life by the dear Gospel in which we trust , KENILWORTH . 71.
... a cup - bearer ! » « He did not deem it harmless , I fear , >> re- plied the maiden ; « but God confounds the devices of the wicked . Believe me , as I swear life by the dear Gospel in which we trust , KENILWORTH . 71.
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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.