The Waverley Novels, Volum 12Nottingham Society, 1922 |
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answered armour arms Athelstane attendants Beaumanoir beauty betwixt Black Knight blood Bracy brethren Brian de Bois-Guilbert brother called canst castle Cedric champion Christian companion Coningsburgh Copmanhurst damsel daughter defend Disinherited Knight England exclaimed eyes fair fate favour fear fool forest friar Front-de-Bœuf Grand Master Gurth hall hand hath head heart Heaven hermit holy holy Order honour horse Ivanhoe jester Jewess Jorvaulx King knave Knight Templar knowest Lady Rowena lance lists Locksley look maiden Malvoisin noble Norman numbers Order outlaw person postern Preceptor present priest Prince John Prior Aymer prisoner ransom Rebecca replied Richard Richard Plantagenet Rotherwood Saracens Saxon seemed Sir Knight squire steed sword tell Templar Templestowe thee thine thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thou wilt thyself tournament trust valour voice Waldemar Fitzurse Wamba Wilfred wine wounded yeoman yonder zecchins
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Pàgina 49 - will take it, so : if not, adieu ; And, for my love, I pray you wrong me not. Merchant of Venice. As the palmer, lighted by a domestic with a torch, passed through the intricate combination of apartments of this large and irregular mansion, the cupbearer coming behind him whispered in his ear that if he
Pàgina 303 - Or close the wall up with our English dead. Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture—let us swear That you are worth your breeding. And you, good yeomen, King
Pàgina 142 - it be, thou shalt not crow over us with a mere show of superior skill.' ' I will do my best, as Hubert says,' answered Locksley ; ' no man can do more.' So saying, he again bent his bow, but on the present occasion looked with attention to his weapon, and changed the string, which
Pàgina 78 - CHAPTER VIII At this the challenger with fierce defy With clangour rings the field, resounds the vaulted sky. His trumpet sounds ; the challenged makes reply : Their visors closed, their lances in the rest, Or at the helmet pointed or the crest, They vanish from the barrier, speed the race, And spurring see decrease the middle space.
Pàgina 6 - an act of unfriendship to my sovereign person and royal wardrobe ; wherefore, Gurth, I advise thee to call off Fangs, and leave the herd to their destiny, which, whether they meet with bands of travelling soldiers, or of outlaws, or of wandering pilgrims, can be little else than to be converted into Normans
Pàgina 287 - cross-bows, as well as with their long-bows, slings, and other missile weapons, to the close and continued shower of arrows ; and, as the assailants were, necessarily but indifferently protected, did considerably more damage than they received at their hand. The whizzing of shafts and of missiles, on both sides, was only interrupted by the
Pàgina 138 - meeting. The diminished list of competitors for sylvan fame still amounted to eight. Prince John stepped from his royal seat to view more nearly the persons of these chosen yeomen, several of whom wore the royal livery. Having satisfied his curiosity by this investigation, he looked for the object of his resentment, whom
Pàgina 316 - the departure of the Templar, but rather in despair of quarter than that they entertained any hope of escape. The fire was spreading rapidly through all parts of the castle, when Ulrica, who had first kindled it, appeared on a turret in the guise of one of the ancient furies, yelling forth a
Pàgina 287 - this sustained discharge, two or three of the garrison were slain, and several others wounded. But, confident in their armour of proof, and in the cover which their situation afforded, the followers of Front-de-Bceuf and his allies, showed an obstinacy in defence proportioned to the fury of the attack, and replied with the discharge of their
Pàgina 4 - of the fallen Druidical monuments, a person about ten years younger in appearance, and whose dress, though resembling his companion's in form, was of better materials and of a more fantastic appearance. His jacket had been stained of a bright purple hue, upon which there had been some attempt to paint grotesque ornaments in different colours. To