Historical Romances of the Author of Waverley, Volum 18A. Constable & Company, 1824 |
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Pàgina 7
... instantly recollecting himself , he commanded Blount , his master of the horse , instantly to take boat and go down the river to the Palace of Greenwich , taking young Walter and Tracy with him , and make a suitable compliment ...
... instantly recollecting himself , he commanded Blount , his master of the horse , instantly to take boat and go down the river to the Palace of Greenwich , taking young Walter and Tracy with him , and make a suitable compliment ...
Pàgina 19
... instantly to set forth again . So hark ye , Master Raleigh , see thou fail not to wear thy muddy cloak , in token of penitence , till our pleasure be farther known . And here , " she added , giving him a jewel of gold , in the form of a ...
... instantly to set forth again . So hark ye , Master Raleigh , see thou fail not to wear thy muddy cloak , in token of penitence , till our pleasure be farther known . And here , " she added , giving him a jewel of gold , in the form of a ...
Pàgina 25
... instantly added , that all the ladies who were present had joined in ridiculing Lord Sussex's housekeeping , and in contrasting it with the reception her grace would have assuredly received at my Lord of Leices- ter's . " " You have ...
... instantly added , that all the ladies who were present had joined in ridiculing Lord Sussex's housekeeping , and in contrasting it with the reception her grace would have assuredly received at my Lord of Leices- ter's . " " You have ...
Pàgina 30
... instant compelled them to submit to . The folding doors at the upper end of the long gallery were immediately afterwards opened , and it was announced in a whisper that the queen was in her presence- chamber , to which these gave access ...
... instant compelled them to submit to . The folding doors at the upper end of the long gallery were immediately afterwards opened , and it was announced in a whisper that the queen was in her presence- chamber , to which these gave access ...
Pàgina 32
... instantly aroused in the bosom of his daughter , and she turned on Lei- cester with a severity which appalled him , as well as all his followers . " God's death , my lord , " such was her emphatic phrase , " what means this ? We have ...
... instantly aroused in the bosom of his daughter , and she turned on Lei- cester with a severity which appalled him , as well as all his followers . " God's death , my lord , " such was her emphatic phrase , " what means this ? We have ...
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Alasco Amy Robsart answered Varney apartment astrologer attend better betwixt Blount castle cester chamber cloak command countenance Countess of Leicester court courtiers Cumnor Place dæmon devil door dress Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex earl's Elizabeth escape exclaimed eyes farther favour favourite fear Flibbertigibbet followed grace gracious hall hand hastily hath head heard heart Heaven honour horse Hunsdon instant instantly Janet Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle lady Lady Paget Laneham Leicester's look Lord Hunsdon Lord Leicester Lord of Leicester Lord of Sussex lordship madam marriage Master Tressilian Mervyn's methinks Michael Lambourne mind mistress night noble once passed paused pedlar person pleasure present queen Raleigh replied Varney rienced Robsart royal secret seemed shew silian speak spoke stood sword thee thine thou art thou hast thought thyself Tony Foster Tower trust turned villain voice Wayland Smith woman words yonder
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Pàgina 110 - Perfume for a lady's chamber ; Golden quoifs and stomachers, For my lads to give their dears: Pins and poking-sticks of steel. What maids lack from head to heel: Come buy of me, come; come buy, come buy; Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry : Come buy.
Pàgina 11 - ... 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 19 - They hear farther than you think of," said the queen, graciously, " and have heard of a youth who defended a ford in Shannon against a whole band of wild Irish rebels, until the stream ran purple with their blood and his own." " Some blood I may have lost," said the youth, looking down, " but it was where my best is due ; and that is in your majesty's service.
Pàgina 15 - 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." The Queen again blushed, and endeavored to cover, by laughing, a slight degree of not unpleasing surprise and confusion. "Heard you ever the like, my lords? The youth's head is turned with reading romances — I must know something of him, that I may send him safe to his friends. What art thou? What is thy name and birth?" "Raleigh is my name, most gracious Queen, the youngest son...
Pàgina 199 - Let me play the lion too : I will roar, that I will do any man's heart good to hear me ; I will roar, that I will make the duke say, "Let him roar again, let him roar again.
Pàgina 63 - Shakspeare no harm. He is a stout man at quarter-staff, and single falchion, though, as I am told, a halting fellow ; and he stood, they say, a tough fight with the rangers of old Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecot, when he broke his deer-park and kissed his keeper's daughter.
Pàgina 191 - Warwick, within whose castle (that fairest monument of ancient and chivalrous splendour which yet remains uninjured by time) Elizabeth had passed the previous night, and where she was to tarry until past noon, at that time the general hour of dinner throughout England, after which repast she was to proceed to Kenilworth.
Pàgina 67 - That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Pàgina 13 - Pensioner, who shewed him considerable respect ; a circumstance which, to persons in his situation, may be considered as an augury of no small consequence. He ushered him into one of the wherries which lay ready to attend the Queen's barge, which was already proceeding up the river, with the advantage of that flood-tide, of which, in the course of their descent, Blount had complained to his associates.
Pàgina 15 - Walter waited patiently until the Queen had done, and then modestly assured her, that gold was still less in his wish than the raiment her majesty had before offered.