The Abbot: Being a Sequel of The MonasterySamuel G. Goodrich, and Huntington and Hopkins, 1821 - 285 pàgines |
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... person in company , though a perfect stranger , who is by nature fond of children , the little imps seem to discover it by a sort of free - masonry , while the awkward attempts of those who make advances to them for the purpose of ...
... person in company , though a perfect stranger , who is by nature fond of children , the little imps seem to discover it by a sort of free - masonry , while the awkward attempts of those who make advances to them for the purpose of ...
Pàgina 18
... person from what he had appeared in his early years . The fiery freedom of the aspiring youth had given place to the steady and stern composure of the approved soldier and skilful politician . There were deep traces of care on those no ...
... person from what he had appeared in his early years . The fiery freedom of the aspiring youth had given place to the steady and stern composure of the approved soldier and skilful politician . There were deep traces of care on those no ...
Pàgina 29
... person to commit himself otherwise , an- swered by a sly look and a nod of intelligence , and presently after stood in the presence of the Lady of Avenel , with a look of great respect for his lady , partly real , partly affected , and ...
... person to commit himself otherwise , an- swered by a sly look and a nod of intelligence , and presently after stood in the presence of the Lady of Avenel , with a look of great respect for his lady , partly real , partly affected , and ...
Pàgina 53
... person who ad stood to him in the relation of a mother , as equally affectionate in her attention , and absolute in her authority . A singular mixture of love and ear attended upon his early remembrances as they were connected with her ...
... person who ad stood to him in the relation of a mother , as equally affectionate in her attention , and absolute in her authority . A singular mixture of love and ear attended upon his early remembrances as they were connected with her ...
Pàgina 59
... person , seemed to intimate , that if poor , she was not reduced to squalid or heart - broken distress , and that she was still sufficiently attach- ed to life to retain a taste for its decencies , if not its elegancies . Her manner ...
... person , seemed to intimate , that if poor , she was not reduced to squalid or heart - broken distress , and that she was still sufficiently attach- ed to life to retain a taste for its decencies , if not its elegancies . Her manner ...
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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.