Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 159
... natural reasoning . The happiness of her future life might depend upon his not driving her to extremities , and since no power of Tressilian's could extricate her from the power of Varney , supposing he was to acknowledge Amy to be his ...
... natural reasoning . The happiness of her future life might depend upon his not driving her to extremities , and since no power of Tressilian's could extricate her from the power of Varney , supposing he was to acknowledge Amy to be his ...
Pàgina 200
... natural inclination to pronounce that a falsehood which he knew from the evidence of his senses to be untrue , gave an indecision and irresolu- tion to his appearance and utterance , which made strongly against him in the mind of Eliza ...
... natural inclination to pronounce that a falsehood which he knew from the evidence of his senses to be untrue , gave an indecision and irresolu- tion to his appearance and utterance , which made strongly against him in the mind of Eliza ...
Pàgina 211
... natural disposition , and converted a plain , ho- nest , awkward man into a coxcomb of a new and most ridiculous kind . The knight - expectant advanced up the hall , the whole length of which he had unfortuna- tely to traverse , turning ...
... natural disposition , and converted a plain , ho- nest , awkward man into a coxcomb of a new and most ridiculous kind . The knight - expectant advanced up the hall , the whole length of which he had unfortuna- tely to traverse , turning ...
Pàgina 220
... natural philosophy to the same ef- fect , which , if the stars swear to me , I will say the stars speak the truth . And in like manner , I will not disbelieve that which I see wished for and expected on earth , solely because the astro ...
... natural philosophy to the same ef- fect , which , if the stars swear to me , I will say the stars speak the truth . And in like manner , I will not disbelieve that which I see wished for and expected on earth , solely because the astro ...
Pàgina 223
... natural , that I cannot recal it . » << It is thine own preferment that hath turned thy brain , » said Leicester , laughing ; « new ho- nours are as heady as new wine . » May your lordship soon have cause to say so from experience ...
... natural , that I cannot recal it . » << It is thine own preferment that hath turned thy brain , » said Leicester , laughing ; « new ho- nours are as heady as new wine . » May your lordship soon have cause to say so from experience ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
alarm Alasco Amy Robsart answered Varney answered Wayland Anthony Foster apartment attend beauty Berkshire better betwixt Blount Castle cester chamber command countenance Countess of Leicester court Cumnor Cumnor-Place devil door dress Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Earl's Elizabeth exclaimed eyes farther favour fear Flibbertigibbet followed Grace hand hastily hath head hear heard heart heaven honour horse Hunsdon husband instant instantly Janet journey Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle lady Laneham Leicester's look Lord Hunsdon Lord Leicester Lord of Leicester lordship madam marriage Master Tressilian mercer Mervyn's Michael Lambourne mind mistress night noble once pedlar person present Queen Raleigh Richard Varney Robsart secret seemed shew Sir Richard speak spoke stood Sussex sword thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought thyself tion Tony Foster Tower Tressi villain voice Wayland Smith William Julius Mickle woman words yonder
Passatges populars
Pàgina 16 - 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 120 - ... 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, " Beyond the lake lay an extensive chase, full of...
Pàgina 121 - The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment.
Pàgina 32 - When she smiled, it was a pure sunshine, that every one did choose to bask in, if they could ; but anon came a storm, from a sudden gathering of clouds, and the thunder fell, in a wondrous manner, on all alike.
Pàgina 247 - Forgive me, forgive me, most gracious princess,' said Amy, dropping once more on her knee, from which she had arisen. "'For what should I forgive thee, silly wench?' said Elizabeth ; ' for being the daughter of thine own father ? Thou art brainsick, surely. Well, I see, I must wring the story from thee by inches. Thou didst deceive thine old and honored father, — thy look confesses it, — cheated Master Tressilian, — thy blush avouches it, — and married this same Varney.