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Pàgina 20
... force back upon gave the third battalion . Then there was a great press , and a great danger for all , and many knights died upon either side ; but what King Perion and his sons did there cannot be expressed . Such was the uproar and ...
... force back upon gave the third battalion . Then there was a great press , and a great danger for all , and many knights died upon either side ; but what King Perion and his sons did there cannot be expressed . Such was the uproar and ...
Pàgina 28
... force , that Arnold durst not abide his coming . Hereupon he said to his prisoner , " Sir duke , ye are my prisoner , and I am your master . Ye are a gentleman and true knight ; ye have sworn , and given me your faith . I think not to ...
... force , that Arnold durst not abide his coming . Hereupon he said to his prisoner , " Sir duke , ye are my prisoner , and I am your master . Ye are a gentleman and true knight ; ye have sworn , and given me your faith . I think not to ...
Pàgina 35
... force his daughter to this mar- riage , in spite of the advice of his best counsellors . Amadis repairs , under a new disguise , to Britain ; and the knights sent by the Emperor to receive his bride , sustain at his hands a thousand ...
... force his daughter to this mar- riage , in spite of the advice of his best counsellors . Amadis repairs , under a new disguise , to Britain ; and the knights sent by the Emperor to receive his bride , sustain at his hands a thousand ...
Pàgina 67
... force his sword out of his hand , Cut the sinews of his wrist , ' said Lughy , son of Conrec , and the sword will fall . ' It was done ; but as it fell down , it cut off the hands of thirty of the sons of their chieftains , who were ...
... force his sword out of his hand , Cut the sinews of his wrist , ' said Lughy , son of Conrec , and the sword will fall . ' It was done ; but as it fell down , it cut off the hands of thirty of the sons of their chieftains , who were ...
Pàgina 68
... force a discovery of their treasures . And perhaps as the following abominable cruelty was perpetrated on circumcised infidels , it might not be a great blot in his escutcheon . It occurred during the siege of Valencia . " So he ordered ...
... force a discovery of their treasures . And perhaps as the following abominable cruelty was perpetrated on circumcised infidels , it might not be a great blot in his escutcheon . It occurred during the siege of Valencia . " So he ordered ...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Periodical criticism Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1849 |
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volum 18 Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1835 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 133 - Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand : Why dost thou lash that whore ? strip thine own back ; Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind, For which thou whipp'st her.
Pàgina 93 - A man i' the clouds, and hear him speak to thee ? Wouldst thou be in a dream, and yet not sleep ? Or wouldst thou in a moment laugh and weep ? Wouldst thou lose thyself and catch no harm, And find thyself again without a charm ? Wouldst read thyself, and read thou know'st not what, And yet know whether thou art blest or not, By reading the same lines ? O then come hither, And lay my book, thy head and heart together.
Pàgina 248 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues, that syllable men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses.
Pàgina 249 - It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, ""Shall mortal man be more just than God?
Pàgina 295 - Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog or fire, by lake or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Pàgina 68 - Now this part of my work I fulfilled with great sense ; for the terrors of the law and guilt for my transgressions lay heavy on my conscience : I preached what I felt; what I smartingly did feel; even that under which my poor soul did groan and tremble to astonishment.
Pàgina 59 - Just when he was come over against the mouth of the burning pit, one of the wicked ones got behind him, and stepped up softly to him, and whisperingly suggested many grievous blasphemies to him, which he verily thought had proceeded from his own mind.
Pàgina 249 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Pàgina 250 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Pàgina 277 - ... melody, Towns, palaces, and cities fine ; Here now, then there ; the world is mine, Rare beauties, gallant ladies shine, Whate'er is lovely or divine. All other joys to this are folly, None so sweet as melancholy. Methinks I hear, methinks I see Ghosts, goblins, fiends ; my...