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... , having previously secured and bound the melancholy being that first claimed it as a residence , if so , there is no danger in advancing ; but on the other hand , should they be a band of robbers , 66 THE TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD .
... , having previously secured and bound the melancholy being that first claimed it as a residence , if so , there is no danger in advancing ; but on the other hand , should they be a band of robbers , 66 THE TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD .
Página 67
... robbers , wizards , or devils , and the enraged tempest to redouble over our heads , I will accost them ! " " Hold ! hold , my Lord ! Had you not better stay till I return with others of the household armed , that we may ap proach them ...
... robbers , wizards , or devils , and the enraged tempest to redouble over our heads , I will accost them ! " " Hold ! hold , my Lord ! Had you not better stay till I return with others of the household armed , that we may ap proach them ...
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... robbers . " After that fine speech he will do , " cries another . " Not for our trade exactly , " adds a third . " Did he think to trap old birds so easily , " continues a fourth . " He has called in at the wrong time , " says another ...
... robbers . " After that fine speech he will do , " cries another . " Not for our trade exactly , " adds a third . " Did he think to trap old birds so easily , " continues a fourth . " He has called in at the wrong time , " says another ...
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... robber con- tinued , " I intended to have had your dignity in my power shortly , but not so soon : however , as fate has ordained it , so let it be . Nothing , I knew , could save you from my hands but supernatural aid , and fortunately ...
... robber con- tinued , " I intended to have had your dignity in my power shortly , but not so soon : however , as fate has ordained it , so let it be . Nothing , I knew , could save you from my hands but supernatural aid , and fortunately ...
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... robber and two of his band ; the thought for a moment chilled him . The alarm of the fate of Gunilda was soon spread abroad , and the universal re- gret expressed for her loss began to awaken the Earl to a sense of remorse : too keen to ...
... robber and two of his band ; the thought for a moment chilled him . The alarm of the fate of Gunilda was soon spread abroad , and the universal re- gret expressed for her loss began to awaken the Earl to a sense of remorse : too keen to ...
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The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
The Towers of Ravenswold; Or, Days of Ironside William Henry Hitchener Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
Términos y frases comunes
abode Adeliza afflicted agitated alarm apartment appearance arms arrived astonishment Athelstan attend Barbold began bosom brother Canute castle cave cavern chamber CHAP choly conceal confusion Corrina cries dare dark death deed desperate desperate band disguise domestics dreadful Earl Earl's Edmund Ironside endeavoured escape Ethel Ethelbald evil spirit exclaims Father Ambrose fear Flori Florimund followed friar Furbrand Gerald Gunilda happiness Harold heard heart heaven honour iron mask Isle of Wight Lady lamp Lord lover melan ment minstrels mund mysterious ness never night nilda noble Osric OVID pardon passion Patelina pearance perceived poniard poor silly head prisoner Red Sea replies rest retired revenge robbers Saxon wars secured SHAKSPEARE shelter sight silence sleep solicited soon soul surprise talk tell thing thought tion TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD vassals voice Vortigern wander whilst Wolfred Wolfred's wretch
Pasajes populares
Página 154 - And re-assembling our afflicted powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our enemy; our own loss how repair; How overcome this dire calamity; What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not, what resolution from despair.
Página 121 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale...
Página 77 - Remote from multitude ; the world's a school Of wrong, and what proficients swarm around ! We must, or imitate, or disapprove ; Must list as their accomplices, or foes : That stains our innocence ; this wounds our peace.
Página 139 - Hung be the heavens with black ', yield day to night ! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! f Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Página 47 - Scylla, bathing in the sea that parts Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore : Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when call'd In secret riding through the air she comes, Lured with the smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms.
Página 169 - Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy: Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while, or anguish, and excite Fallacious hope, or arm the obdured' breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
Página 187 - How will you weather an eternal night, Where such expedients fail?
Página 18 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Página 13 - Oh, woman, lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you! Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of heav'n ; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love ! Belvi.
Página 42 - As sulphur blazes at the taper's touch, She long'd her hidden passion to reveal, And tell her pains, but had not words to tell ; She can't begin, but waits for the rebound, To catch his voice, and to return the sound.