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... ment ? " " No , sir , ” replied the guard , who kept the barrier , " there is neither danger nor persecution . Our duke retires with his face to the enemy , and they are glad to keep aloof ; but , since he came to Prague , it is his ...
... ment ? " " No , sir , ” replied the guard , who kept the barrier , " there is neither danger nor persecution . Our duke retires with his face to the enemy , and they are glad to keep aloof ; but , since he came to Prague , it is his ...
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... ment , which , unlike every other young Vallenstein had hitherto seen in the pa- lace , had bare plastered walls , on which were drawn figures to him inexplicable , and words of which he knew not the meaning : the uncarpeted floor exhi ...
... ment , which , unlike every other young Vallenstein had hitherto seen in the pa- lace , had bare plastered walls , on which were drawn figures to him inexplicable , and words of which he knew not the meaning : the uncarpeted floor exhi ...
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... privation , sprang after him , clung to him with the most importunate entreaties , assured him the words he had uttered were the mere sallies of boyish resent- ment ; that he loved his master , and would die for him . In short , he wept 62.
... privation , sprang after him , clung to him with the most importunate entreaties , assured him the words he had uttered were the mere sallies of boyish resent- ment ; that he loved his master , and would die for him . In short , he wept 62.
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... ment , and there may be many a puzzling move yet before it ends ; but , ' said he , I should hate to see that sneaking thief carry the prize , who kept fawning and clinging about the poor dying youth with every pretence of affection ...
... ment , and there may be many a puzzling move yet before it ends ; but , ' said he , I should hate to see that sneaking thief carry the prize , who kept fawning and clinging about the poor dying youth with every pretence of affection ...
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... ment in the almost deadening terror she occasioned , she closed the lattice , and disappeared . For many minutes the Baroness and her attendant sate gazing on each other , in silent and shuddering alarm ; the latter at length sprang ...
... ment in the almost deadening terror she occasioned , she closed the lattice , and disappeared . For many minutes the Baroness and her attendant sate gazing on each other , in silent and shuddering alarm ; the latter at length sprang ...
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amongst Barbara Baron Baroness of Marchfeldt Bavaria beheld believe betray blush bosom Chevalier Conrade Count Casimir Count Harrach countenance courage court courtier cried danger Danube dare dear Desmond Devereux doubt Duke of Bavaria Duke of Friedland duke's Emperor Empress Erdenheim exclaimed eyes Father Felix favour fear feelings feldt felt Ferdinand follow Friar gentle gracious hand hear heart Heaven Hebe honour hope hour Imperial imperial circle Joanna Baillie knew lady lenstein lieutenant Lindau look lord Louisa of Marchfeldt madam Majesty Margrave mean ment mind never night night's watch noble pardon pause pity poor Prague present Princess Stolberg replied roness Rosebec silence skaits smile Sopron soul sovereign spectre knight spirit steïn Stol stood Sturmo sure tell thing thou thought tion tone trust Ulrica uttered Vallen Vienna voice Westermann whispered Winterfeldt Wolfstein woman words young Vallenstein youth Zingari
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Page 20 - O God ! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
Page 141 - ... see the ambassadors of France disavowed, to witness the public breach of those engagements on which he had placed his principal reliance ; and he had even reason to suspect that the same hand which had signed the treaty with him, had at the same moment signed a convention with Gustavus Adolphus. He equally felt for the deception, and for the manner in which it was effected, under the guise of religious faith and private friendship ; and was frequently heard to exclaim, " A Capuchin friar has...
Page 197 - Cousin is indeed a French word, but from our national love of punning, it is not unlikely that it has in English been commonly pronounced like the verb to cozen ; — so, at least, it was in Shakspeare's time ; Hotspur exclaims, — " Why, what a deal of candied courtesy This fawning greyhound then did proffer me ! Look — ' When his infant fortune came to age' — And ' Gentle Harry Percy,' — and 'kind cousin' — The devil take such COZENERS !
Page 44 - Desmond." 45 beseech your Excellency. On my soul you shall not repent it!" He had risen as he spoke : his fine form was thus rendered conspicuous to the multitude, and his noble countenance, animated by the best feelings of man's nature, as he pleaded for a fellow-creature's life, attracted the love and admiration of all who looked upon him : — even the duke gazed on him with ill-concealed pride. " Be content, sir. — I grant you the life of Lieutenant Desmond ! The warrant for his release from...
Page 45 - An accla46 mation of thankfulness echoed through the apartment ; — the duke waved his hand, and all was again silence. The sister of Desmond, who had fainted on the stern reply her application encountered, had been borne from the room, and the subject of Desmond's danger laid at rest amongst the guests, who secretly rejoiced, while they marvelled, at the result of the young Count's interposition.
Page 27 - Lest the reader should be disposed to suspect the Romanciere of having drawn somewhat extravagantly on the sources of her imagination, she refers him to the authority of that excellent and indefatigable writer, Archdeacon Coxe, for a description of the almost incredible magnificence of this extraordinary man's retirement.
Page 48 - Be absolute for death ; or death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter !
Page 312 - ... man. — My father, is it too late? Will you not pause one moment ere you leap the gulf? — What is the stake for which you are about to sacrifice all that is precious to a noble spirit? The very utmost you can obtain, is a few short years of remorseful splendour — the very utmost, for I will...
Page 312 - ... assertions; but if he tells me I shall become a perfidious traitor, that I shall abuse the confidence of my sovereign, that I shall renounce all the principles which connect man with the Deity, and lend him courage to face all fortunes with an equal temper, I will never believe him...
Page 312 - According to the creed set forth in your epistle, vice and virtue, good and evil, are mere nominal existences, and the good and the wise of all times have. been wasting their breath in prating of chimeras. The astrologer may promise me success, or threaten me with ruin, and I cannot disprove...