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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... once upon thy marge . Alas ! Profoundest silence reigns where rolled the voice Of business on the fitful wind . No more The crowded mart , the echoing street , where flowed The human stream along.— The grave has closed Upon thy myriads ...
... once upon thy marge . Alas ! Profoundest silence reigns where rolled the voice Of business on the fitful wind . No more The crowded mart , the echoing street , where flowed The human stream along.— The grave has closed Upon thy myriads ...
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... once proud home , From which a father's sternness drove me forth To shun the bridal bed of one I hated , Though round his princely brows flashed ducal wreaths . [ Music at a distance . It is my Wilford's harp . Enchanting sounds ! Yet ...
... once proud home , From which a father's sternness drove me forth To shun the bridal bed of one I hated , Though round his princely brows flashed ducal wreaths . [ Music at a distance . It is my Wilford's harp . Enchanting sounds ! Yet ...
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... once made known , would thy fair honour blast , And sink thy father to a timeless grave . EDGAR . Mysterious are thy words of wrath to me . I wot not of their meaning : but I stand Fearless in innocence , and proof to all Th ' envenomed ...
... once made known , would thy fair honour blast , And sink thy father to a timeless grave . EDGAR . Mysterious are thy words of wrath to me . I wot not of their meaning : but I stand Fearless in innocence , and proof to all Th ' envenomed ...
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... once my son , Now mine no more for ever ! [ Exit . EDGAR . No , Elfilia , They shall not tear thee from these faithful arms ! And yet to steep my bridal bed in blood , A dear - loved parent's blood ! O dreadful thought 42 [ Act III ...
... once my son , Now mine no more for ever ! [ Exit . EDGAR . No , Elfilia , They shall not tear thee from these faithful arms ! And yet to steep my bridal bed in blood , A dear - loved parent's blood ! O dreadful thought 42 [ Act III ...
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... once more Freedom to claim of thee , war - honoured Earl . GONDABERT . Freedom ? All - beauteous lady , there is none Beyond these walls for thee . If thou depart From the protection of these rampant towers , Death will o'ertake thy ...
... once more Freedom to claim of thee , war - honoured Earl . GONDABERT . Freedom ? All - beauteous lady , there is none Beyond these walls for thee . If thou depart From the protection of these rampant towers , Death will o'ertake thy ...
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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.