The Abbot: Being a Sequel of The MonasterySamuel G. Goodrich, and Huntington and Hopkins, 1821 - 285 pàgines |
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Pàgina 29
... Varney , ' replied Tressilian , what make you here ? Are you come to triumph over the innocence you have destroyed , as the vulture or carrion - crow comes to batten on the lamb , whose eyes it has first plucked out ? Or are you come to ...
... Varney , ' replied Tressilian , what make you here ? Are you come to triumph over the innocence you have destroyed , as the vulture or carrion - crow comes to batten on the lamb , whose eyes it has first plucked out ? Or are you come to ...
Pàgina 30
... Varney , farewell- we shall meet where there are none to come betwixt us . ' So saying , he turned round and departed through the postern - door . Varney seemed to want the inclination , or perhaps the power , ( for his fall had been a ...
... Varney , farewell- we shall meet where there are none to come betwixt us . ' So saying , he turned round and departed through the postern - door . Varney seemed to want the inclination , or perhaps the power , ( for his fall had been a ...
Pàgina 31
... Varney ; but even the first grey cloud should be acceptable , when it lightens in the east , because it announces the approach of the blessed sun . ' How ! comes my lord hither to - night ? " said the lady , in joyful , yet startled ...
... Varney ; but even the first grey cloud should be acceptable , when it lightens in the east , because it announces the approach of the blessed sun . ' How ! comes my lord hither to - night ? " said the lady , in joyful , yet startled ...
Pàgina 32
... Varney , ' said Foster ; the living I fear not , but I trifle not nor toy with my dead neighbours of the church - yard . I pro- mise you it requires a good heart to live so near it ; worthy Master Hold- forth , the afternoon's lecturer ...
... Varney , ' said Foster ; the living I fear not , but I trifle not nor toy with my dead neighbours of the church - yard . I pro- mise you it requires a good heart to live so near it ; worthy Master Hold- forth , the afternoon's lecturer ...
Pàgina 33
... Varney , ' answered Foster ; and she said her lady called out upon the sickness of her father . " Good ! ' replied Varney ; that is a hint worth catching , and I will work upon it . But the country must be rid of this Tressilian - I ...
... Varney , ' answered Foster ; and she said her lady called out upon the sickness of her father . " Good ! ' replied Varney ; that is a hint worth catching , and I will work upon it . But the country must be rid of this Tressilian - I ...
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Abbot Adam Woodcock Amy Robsart answered Anthony Foster apartment attend Auchtermuchty Avenel betwixt Blount Castle Catherine Seyton command countenance Countess countess of Leicester court Cumnor dame devil door Douglas dress Dryfesdale Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Elizabeth exclaimed eyass eyes fair faith falconer father favour favourite fear Flibbertigibbet followed grace hand hastily hath head heard heart Heaven hither honour horse instantly Janet Kenilworth Kennaquhair Knight Lady Fleming Lady Lochleven Lady of Lochleven lady's Lilias Lindesay look lord Lord Ruthven madam Magdalen Græme Mary Master Tressilian Mervyn's Michael Lambourne mistress noble once person pleasure poniard poor present Queen Raleigh replied Robert Melville Roland Græme Saint Scotland seemed shew speak spoke stood Sussex sword thee thine thou art thou hast thought tone Tony Foster trust turned Varney Wayland Smith woman word yonder young youth
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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.