Kenilworth. By the author of 'Waverley'. |
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Pàgina 114
... usual- ly quieted by a purveyor , deputy - marshal's- man , or some other person in authority , break- ing the heads of both parties . Here were , besides , players and mummers , jugglers and showmen of every description , traversing in ...
... usual- ly quieted by a purveyor , deputy - marshal's- man , or some other person in authority , break- ing the heads of both parties . Here were , besides , players and mummers , jugglers and showmen of every description , traversing in ...
Pàgina 117
... usual mixture of satire which qualifies more or less our estimate of our neighbours , especially if they chance to be also our betters . << Heard you , » said one , « how graciously she spoke to Master Bailiff and the Recorder , and to ...
... usual mixture of satire which qualifies more or less our estimate of our neighbours , especially if they chance to be also our betters . << Heard you , » said one , « how graciously she spoke to Master Bailiff and the Recorder , and to ...
Pàgina 120
... 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 ar- chitecture , to the baronial castle of many a north- ern chief . full Beyond 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 ar- chitecture , to the baronial castle of many a north- ern chief . full Beyond the ...
Pàgina 161
... ! » said Tressilian , trans- ported beyond his usual patience ; « thou hast not lost that on which may depend a stake more important than a thousand such lives as thine ? » < « < Lost it ! » answered Wayland , 7 * KENILWORTH . 161.
... ! » said Tressilian , trans- ported beyond his usual patience ; « thou hast not lost that on which may depend a stake more important than a thousand such lives as thine ? » < « < Lost it ! » answered Wayland , 7 * KENILWORTH . 161.
Pàgina 164
... usual duration , in walking from place to place , and then returned to the tower , in hopes to find that the lurker had disappeared . He ascended as high as the suspi- cious spot - there was no shadow on the wall - he ascended a few ...
... usual duration , in walking from place to place , and then returned to the tower , in hopes to find that the lurker had disappeared . He ascended as high as the suspi- cious spot - there was no shadow on the wall - he ascended a few ...
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.