The Abbot: Being a Sequel of The MonasterySamuel G. Goodrich, and Huntington and Hopkins, 1821 - 285 pàgines |
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... cause as eagerly with his pen , as he had formerly done with his tongue , and had engaged in a furious and acrimonious contest , concerning the sacrifice of the mass , as it was termed , with the Abbot Eustatius , formerly the Sub ...
... cause as eagerly with his pen , as he had formerly done with his tongue , and had engaged in a furious and acrimonious contest , concerning the sacrifice of the mass , as it was termed , with the Abbot Eustatius , formerly the Sub ...
Pàgina 8
... cause with great agony . The little ship , the object of the children's delighted attention , had struck among some tufts of the plant which bears the water - lily , that marked a lit- tle shoal in the lake about an arrow flight from ...
... cause with great agony . The little ship , the object of the children's delighted attention , had struck among some tufts of the plant which bears the water - lily , that marked a lit- tle shoal in the lake about an arrow flight from ...
Pàgina 19
... cause - misfortune , national or particular , must needs be at hand . ' There is nothing new that I wot of , ' said Halbert Glendinning ; but there is little of evil which can befal a kingdom which may not be appre- hended in this ...
... cause - misfortune , national or particular , must needs be at hand . ' There is nothing new that I wot of , ' said Halbert Glendinning ; but there is little of evil which can befal a kingdom which may not be appre- hended in this ...
Pàgina 21
... cause I am not what I cannot be . I am now what their most famed ances- tors were , the mean man raised into eminence by his own exertions ; and sure it is a boast as honourable to have those capacities , which are necessary to the ...
... cause I am not what I cannot be . I am now what their most famed ances- tors were , the mean man raised into eminence by his own exertions ; and sure it is a boast as honourable to have those capacities , which are necessary to the ...
Pàgina 27
... cause the tail of his worship's gelding was not trimmed altogether so as suit- ed bis humour . ' ' And I promise you , ' said the laundress , my young master will stick nothing to call you slut and quean , if there be but a speck of ...
... cause the tail of his worship's gelding was not trimmed altogether so as suit- ed bis humour . ' ' And I promise you , ' said the laundress , my young master will stick nothing to call you slut and quean , if there be but a speck of ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
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.