Britain's Historical Drama: A Second Series of National Tragedies, Intended to Illustrate the Manners, Customs, and Religious Institutions of Different Eras in BritainH. Stocking, 1839 - 460 páginas |
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... Dark - visaged chief , who made us , trembling , swear The boy should be as ours ; and ne'er to blab In mortal ear the tale , till he again Appeared to claim him . A foul - featured deed , I ween , done in some quarter , save that he ...
... Dark - visaged chief , who made us , trembling , swear The boy should be as ours ; and ne'er to blab In mortal ear the tale , till he again Appeared to claim him . A foul - featured deed , I ween , done in some quarter , save that he ...
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... dark seas That round the northern cape , involved in storms , Dash their broad - sheeted billows . BERTHA . [ Music within . Hark ! heard you not Those sweet sounds , lady , of a plaintive harp ? EVANDA . ' Tis Edgar , son of Devon's ...
... dark seas That round the northern cape , involved in storms , Dash their broad - sheeted billows . BERTHA . [ Music within . Hark ! heard you not Those sweet sounds , lady , of a plaintive harp ? EVANDA . ' Tis Edgar , son of Devon's ...
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... Dark isle of storms , I loved at eve to stand Amid thy desert vales and naked rocks , And view the dreadful mountain heights around , Crimsoning the skies with fire , while down their sides Rivers of burning , smoking sulphur rolled ...
... Dark isle of storms , I loved at eve to stand Amid thy desert vales and naked rocks , And view the dreadful mountain heights around , Crimsoning the skies with fire , while down their sides Rivers of burning , smoking sulphur rolled ...
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... dark the way ; And when the solemn hour of trial comes , Odin shall nerve this arm to strike the blow That ends all mortal suffering , and translates My spirit to Valhalla's golden halls . [ Exeunt . SCENE III . - The Outside of Lydford ...
... dark the way ; And when the solemn hour of trial comes , Odin shall nerve this arm to strike the blow That ends all mortal suffering , and translates My spirit to Valhalla's golden halls . [ Exeunt . SCENE III . - The Outside of Lydford ...
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... darkness forth : Then shalt thou perish , and thy storm - rent wreaths Oblivion on the rushing blast shall hurl ... dark , secret crime- GONDABERT . Sound , sound the warlike trump , And let the thunder of the full - braced drum ...
... darkness forth : Then shalt thou perish , and thy storm - rent wreaths Oblivion on the rushing blast shall hurl ... dark , secret crime- GONDABERT . Sound , sound the warlike trump , And let the thunder of the full - braced drum ...
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ALBERT ALMARIC amid ancient arms art thou beauty behold BEN-ZADOC blessed blood bosom brave bright brother brow Cabiric canst CANUTE CATHIMAR chief Christian clouds crown Culdees Danes Danish dare dark Dartmoor death deeds deep dost doth dread Druids Duke Earl Earl Godwin earth Edgar EDITH EDRIC ELFILIA ELGITHA England Enter ERMINGILD eternal EVANDA EVORA Exeunt Exit fame farewell fear fiends fire FITZ-ROLLO fling flowers forest Free-Masonry gallant glory GODWIN GONDABERT Harold hath heart Heaven HEREWARD honour isle JUDITH King lady land LANFRANC lord Lydford Castle maid MATILDA mercy Mysteries never night noble Norman Northumberland o'er OSMOND peace priests princely proud revenge Robbers rock RODERICK ROGVALLA Saxon SCENE scorn shores slave soul spirit storm sword thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt throne TURKEETUL ULFMANDO WALDIMAR WALTHEOF wild William the Conqueror wilt WITCH worship wouldst WULFNOTH ZALMIRA ZANDAGAST ᎪᏞᏴᎬᎡᎢ
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Página 457 - I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh : there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Página 431 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Página 431 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession.
Página 253 - I find also that in the month of May, the citizens of London of all estates, lightly in every parish, or sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings and did fetch in maypoles, with divers warlike shows, with good archers...
Página 427 - ... impetuous children of the North. Contemporary writers have recorded the introduction, name, and character of the Varangians: each day they rose in confidence and esteem; the whole body was assembled at Constantinople to perform the duty of guards; and their strength was recruited by a numerous band of their countrymen from the island of Thule. On this occasion the vague appellation of Thule is applied to England...
Página 252 - Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan , figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Página 254 - Against May, Whitsunday, or some other time of the year, every parish, town, and village assemble themselves together, both men, women, and children, old and young, even all indifferently ; and either going all together, or dividing themselves into companies, they go some to the woods and groves, some to the hills and mountains, some to one place, some to another, where they spend all the night in pleasant pastimes, and in the morning they return, bringing with them birch boughs, and branches of...
Página 252 - Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? but ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Página 448 - Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Página 448 - And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.