Dermot O'Brien, Or, The Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649Stringer & Townsend, 1849 - 166 pàgines |
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Pàgina 9
... passed between the first appearance of the young cavalier on the scene of action and his springing , weapon in hand , down the craggy pass . The hounds , animated by his halloo and his bugle blast , had in the meantime rushed upon the ...
... passed between the first appearance of the young cavalier on the scene of action and his springing , weapon in hand , down the craggy pass . The hounds , animated by his halloo and his bugle blast , had in the meantime rushed upon the ...
Pàgina 16
... passed from lip to lip of the wild vassals of the great O'Brien . Bold as he was , the grim - visaged soldier gazed around him with an anxious eye on the lowering countenances and ready weapons of the clansmen , and turned from them to ...
... passed from lip to lip of the wild vassals of the great O'Brien . Bold as he was , the grim - visaged soldier gazed around him with an anxious eye on the lowering countenances and ready weapons of the clansmen , and turned from them to ...
Pàgina 27
... passed his thirty - second sum- mer . In person he was very tall , measuring considerably over six feet in height , admirably built , and broad - shouldered in proportion to his stature ; otherwise he was thin - flanked , and so slender ...
... passed his thirty - second sum- mer . In person he was very tall , measuring considerably over six feet in height , admirably built , and broad - shouldered in proportion to his stature ; otherwise he was thin - flanked , and so slender ...
Pàgina 34
... passed through the mind of the dark and wily renegado , bold as he was , and accustomed to rely for the defence of his head on the strength and sleight of his own hand , he could not so control his feelings , but that he turned somewhat ...
... passed through the mind of the dark and wily renegado , bold as he was , and accustomed to rely for the defence of his head on the strength and sleight of his own hand , he could not so control his feelings , but that he turned somewhat ...
Pàgina 35
... sword which he unhooked from the hangers , delivered them , deeply humiliated , to his cousin . This done , he reined his charger up till all the party had passed him by , even the lowest . menials OR THE TAKING OF TREDAGH . 35.
... sword which he unhooked from the hangers , delivered them , deeply humiliated , to his cousin . This done , he reined his charger up till all the party had passed him by , even the lowest . menials OR THE TAKING OF TREDAGH . 35.
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Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
Dermot O'brien, Or the Taking of Tredagh: A Tale of 1649 (Classic Reprint) Henry William Herbert Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 94 - Then bugle's note and cannon's roar the death-like silence broke, And with one start, and with one cry, the royal city woke.
Pàgina 95 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes: Those scraps are good deeds past; which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Pàgina 41 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
Pàgina 137 - God ! it is a fearful thing To see the human soul take wing In any shape, in any mood...
Pàgina 137 - He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind; With all the while a cheek whose bloom Was as a mockery of the tomb...
Pàgina 26 - DAY set on Norham's castled steep,* And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep, And Cheviot's mountains lone : The battled towers, the donjon keep,* The loophole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shone.
Pàgina 137 - I've seen the sick and ghastly bed Of Sin delirious with its dread: But these were horrors — this was woe Unmix'd with such — but sure and slow. He faded, and so calm and meek, So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender — kind, And grieved for those he left behind...