Count Robert of ParisRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Company, London., 1832 - 330 pàgines |
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Pàgina 6
... sible to the disgrace , or incensed against the authors of it ? And dost thou think that I will receive consolation at thy hands - at thine — one of the most active artificers in this web of treach- 6 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS .
... sible to the disgrace , or incensed against the authors of it ? And dost thou think that I will receive consolation at thy hands - at thine — one of the most active artificers in this web of treach- 6 COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS .
Pàgina 7
... thou not comprehend , " said the Coun- tess , " thou man of many words , but of few honourable thoughts , that a heart like mine , which has been trained in the feelings of reliance upon my own worth and valour , must be necessarily ...
... thou not comprehend , " said the Coun- tess , " thou man of many words , but of few honourable thoughts , that a heart like mine , which has been trained in the feelings of reliance upon my own worth and valour , must be necessarily ...
Pàgina 8
... Thou pretendest , " said the Countess , " to be a philosopher ; methinks thou shouldst know , that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the tomb of a brave hero or heroine , is worth all the petty engagements in which ordinary persons ...
... Thou pretendest , " said the Countess , " to be a philosopher ; methinks thou shouldst know , that the fame which hangs its chaplet on the tomb of a brave hero or heroine , is worth all the petty engagements in which ordinary persons ...
Pàgina 11
... thou art wily ; for , believe me , if thou scoffest or utterest reproach against my holy religion , what I am unable to answer in language , I will reply to , without hesitation , with the point of my dag- ger . " " To that argument ...
... thou art wily ; for , believe me , if thou scoffest or utterest reproach against my holy religion , what I am unable to answer in language , I will reply to , without hesitation , with the point of my dag- ger . " " To that argument ...
Pàgina 13
... thou shalt know better than at present what is the temper of a Frankish maiden , when in presence of the fiend himself , and those who pretend skill to raise him ! I wish not to enter into a contest unless compelled ; but if I am ...
... thou shalt know better than at present what is the temper of a Frankish maiden , when in presence of the fiend himself , and those who pretend skill to raise him ! I wish not to enter into a contest unless compelled ; but if I am ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 334 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Pàgina 334 - Each spake words of high disdain And insult to his heart's best brother: They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Pàgina 109 - It came flying through the air," says that good knight, " like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination.
Pàgina 202 - ... hero. We cannot, however, refuse her judicious and important remark, that the disorders of the times were the misfortune and the glory of Alexius ; and that every calamity which can afflict a declining empire, was accumulated on his reign by the justice of heaven, and the vices of his predecessors.
Pàgina 235 - Ay, now am I in Arden ; the more fool I : when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travellers must be content.
Pàgina 334 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between;— But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Pàgina 18 - WILL you hear a Spanish lady. How shee wooed an English man ? Garments gay as rich as may be Decked with jewels she had on. Of a comely countenance and grace was she, And by birth and parentage of high degree.
Pàgina 8 - One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
Pàgina 201 - Yet instead of the simplicity of style and narrative which wins our belief, an elaborate affectation of rhetoric and science, betrays in every page the vanity of a female author.
Pàgina 166 - Curious, not knowing, not exa.ct, but nice, Form short .ideas, and offend in arts (As most in manners) by a love to parts. Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And...