The Abbot: Being a Sequel of The MonasterySamuel G. Goodrich, and Huntington and Hopkins, 1821 - 285 pàgines |
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... Elizabeth Bar- ton , commonly called the Nun of Kent ; or whether she only dwelt upon the general duty which was incumbent on all Catholics of the time , and the pressure of which she chanced to feel in an extraordinary degree . Yet ...
... Elizabeth Bar- ton , commonly called the Nun of Kent ; or whether she only dwelt upon the general duty which was incumbent on all Catholics of the time , and the pressure of which she chanced to feel in an extraordinary degree . Yet ...
Pàgina 144
... length hastened by a letter which she wrote to Queen Elizabeth , in which she treated her jealous rival , and the Countess of Shrewsbury , with the keenest irony and ridicule . 6 As the ladies met together , the Queen said 144 THE ABBOT .
... length hastened by a letter which she wrote to Queen Elizabeth , in which she treated her jealous rival , and the Countess of Shrewsbury , with the keenest irony and ridicule . 6 As the ladies met together , the Queen said 144 THE ABBOT .
Pàgina 265
... Elizabeth ! to whom political interest is every thing , and whose heart never betrays thy head . And now must I seek this other boy , if I would prevent daggers - drawing betwixt bim and the young Seyton . ' Roland Græme was in the same ...
... Elizabeth ! to whom political interest is every thing , and whose heart never betrays thy head . And now must I seek this other boy , if I would prevent daggers - drawing betwixt bim and the young Seyton . ' Roland Græme was in the same ...
Pàgina 280
... Elizabeth . - A woman to a rival woman — a presump- tive successor to the keeping of a jealous Queen ! —Roland Herries is true and loyal , but his counsel has ruined his mistress . ' ' Ay , ruin follows us every where , ' said an old ...
... Elizabeth . - A woman to a rival woman — a presump- tive successor to the keeping of a jealous Queen ! —Roland Herries is true and loyal , but his counsel has ruined his mistress . ' ' Ay , ruin follows us every where , ' said an old ...
Pàgina 281
... Court shall be formed . ' " Your Court formed in England ! and while Elizabeth lives and reigns ? ' said the Abbot that will be when we shall see two suns in one heaven ! ' ' Do not think so , ' replied the Queen THE ABBOT . 281.
... Court shall be formed . ' " Your Court formed in England ! and while Elizabeth lives and reigns ? ' said the Abbot that will be when we shall see two suns in one heaven ! ' ' Do not think so , ' replied the Queen THE ABBOT . 281.
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The Abbot: Being the Sequel to the Monastery (Classic Reprint) Walter Scott Previsualització no disponible - 2018 |
The Abbot: Being the Sequel to the Monastery. in Two Volumes, Volume 2 Sir Walter Scott Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
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Pàgina 102 - Unbonneting at the same time, he fixed his eager gaze on the Queen's approach, •with a mixture of respectful curiosity , and modest yet ardent admiration , which suited so well with his fine features , that the warders, struck •with his rich attire and noble countenance, suffered him to approach the ground over which the Queen was to pass , somewhat closer than was permitted to ordinary spectators.
Pàgina 104 - It is no longer mine," said Walter; "when Your Majesty's foot touched it, it became a fit mantle for a prince, but far too rich a one for its former owner.
Pàgina 103 - You have this day spoiled a gay mantle in our service, young man. We thank you for your service, though the manner of offering it was unusual, and something bold." "In a sovereign's need," answered the youth, ''it is each liegeman's duty to be bold.
Pàgina 103 - ... by two or three ladies and the nobles of her household. She looked more than once at the wherry in which the young adventurer was seated, spoke to those around her, and seemed to laugh. At length one of the attendants, by the Queen's order apparently, made a sign for the wherry to come alongside, and the young man was desired to step from his own skiff into the Queen's barge, which he performed with graceful agility at the fore part of the boat, and was brought aft to the Queen's presence, the...
Pàgina 101 - It was even so. The royal barge, manned with the Queen's watermen, richly attired in the regal liveries, and having the banner of England displayed, did indeed lie at the great stairs which ascended from the river, and along with it two or three other boats for transporting such part of her retinue as were not in immediate attendance on the royal person.
Pàgina 188 - ... of this royal castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, 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.
Pàgina 102 - The night had been rainy, and just where the young gentleman stood, a small quantity of mud interrupted the Queen's passage. As she hesitated to pass on, the gallant, throwing his cloak from his shoulders, laid it on the miry spot, so as to insure her stepping over it dry-shod.
Pàgina 103 - Go to the wardrobe keeper, and he shall have orders to supply the suit which you have cast away in our service. Thou shalt have a suit, and that of the newest cut, I promise thee, on the word of a princess.
Pàgina 188 - The external wall of this royal castle was, on the south and west sides, adorned and defended by a lake partly artificial, 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...
Pàgina 188 - We cannot but add, that of this lordly palace, where princes feasted and heroes fought, now in the bloody earnest of storm and siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valour won, all is now desolate.