Rienzi, the last of the tribunes, by the author of 'Eugene Aram'. [With postscript to preface dated 1849. With] Three portraits, Volumen1 |
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... cried the leader of the horsemen , Martino di Porto , one of the great House of the Orsini ; " hast thou seen a boat pass up the river ? -But thou must have seen it - how long since ? " " I saw a large boat about half an hour ago ...
... cried the leader of the horsemen , Martino di Porto , one of the great House of the Orsini ; " hast thou seen a boat pass up the river ? -But thou must have seen it - how long since ? " " I saw a large boat about half an hour ago ...
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... cried Mar- tino ; " the heron shall not balk the eagle - push on ! " With renewed shouts , those on foot pushed forward , till , as they had nearly gained the copse referred to by the German , a small compact body of horse- men , armed ...
... cried Mar- tino ; " the heron shall not balk the eagle - push on ! " With renewed shouts , those on foot pushed forward , till , as they had nearly gained the copse referred to by the German , a small compact body of horse- men , armed ...
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... cried out in a cently mixed with the affray . Fast scarce articulate tone : " It is my he fled , dizzy with terror - poor boy , brother , noble Stephen , a boy , a scarce before ever parted from his mere child - the best - the mildest ...
... cried out in a cently mixed with the affray . Fast scarce articulate tone : " It is my he fled , dizzy with terror - poor boy , brother , noble Stephen , a boy , a scarce before ever parted from his mere child - the best - the mildest ...
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... cried Stephen , | you , and see to the poor lad's corpse ; laying his hand on the boy's shoulder ; a grievous accident ! how could it ' your zeal is to be lauded , but we chance ? " must beware an ambush . Our men have ventured too far ...
... cried Stephen , | you , and see to the poor lad's corpse ; laying his hand on the boy's shoulder ; a grievous accident ! how could it ' your zeal is to be lauded , but we chance ? " must beware an ambush . Our men have ventured too far ...
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... Italian passion , were now sweeping down the long and narrow street that led to the gloomy quarter occupied by the Orsini . " Ah , my lord ! " cried two or three gine we share the evil - doings of the Orsini THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES . 11.
... Italian passion , were now sweeping down the long and narrow street that led to the gloomy quarter occupied by the Orsini . " Ah , my lord ! " cried two or three gine we share the evil - doings of the Orsini THE LAST OF THE TRIBUNES . 11.
Términos y frases comunes
Adeline Adrian Albornoz ambition amidst amongst ancient Rome Angelo Villani answered arms art thou Avignon Barons beauty blood bold brave brother brow Capitol Cardinal Cavalier Cecco del Vecchio Church citizens Cola di Rienzi countenance court cried crowd daring dark death dream eyes fear Frangipani gaze hand hath heard heart Heaven Holy honour Irene Italian Italy Knight Knight of St lady lance liberty lips looked Lord Lord Adrian methinks Naples never Nina noble old Colonna once Orsini palace Palestrina passed passion patricians pause Petrarch plebeian Pope prince proud Provençal rank replied returned robe Roman Rome round Savelli scarcely seemed Senator Senator of Rome shout Signor silence smile soldiers soul steed Stephen Colonna stood sword Terracina thee thou art thou hast thought tion treal Tribune turned tyrants voice Walter de Montreal whispered words young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 120 - A den of robbers was converted to the discipline of a camp or convent : patient to hear, swift to redress, inexorable to punish, his tribunal was always accessible to the poor and stranger ; nor could birth, or dignity, or the immunities of the church, protect the offender or his accomplices.
Página 271 - Behold the land of the Chaldeans ; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness : they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin.
Página 119 - In this time (says the historian) the woods began to rejoice that they were no longer infested with robbers; the oxen began to plough; the pilgrims visited the sanctuaries; the roads and inns were replenished with travellers ; trade, plenty, and good faith were restored in the markets; and a purse of gold might be exposed without danger in the midst of the highway.
Página 175 - I say not all, but three, but two but one hundred of ye, — I break up my wand of office, and the world shall say one hundred and fifty robbers quelled the soul of Rome, and crushed her magistrate and her laws...
Página 132 - Is intoxication," says the proverb, "men betray their real characters." There is a no less honest and truthrevealing intoxication in prosperity, than in wine. The varnish of power brings forth at once the defects and the beauties of the human portrait. The unprecedented and almost miraculous rise of...