Bride of Lammermoor - Peveril of the peakRobert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker & Company London., 1833 |
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... King James IV . ruled with more activity than most of his predeces- sors , this cruel deed was severely revenged ... king's forester in the forest of Glen- artney , and chanced to be employed there in search of venison about the year ...
... King James IV . ruled with more activity than most of his predeces- sors , this cruel deed was severely revenged ... king's forester in the forest of Glen- artney , and chanced to be employed there in search of venison about the year ...
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... 1634 , at Wormes , in the Palz : Discharged in sc- veral duties and observations of service , first , under the magnanimous King of Denmark , during his wars against the Empire ; afterwards under the A LEGEND OF MONTROSE . 39.
... 1634 , at Wormes , in the Palz : Discharged in sc- veral duties and observations of service , first , under the magnanimous King of Denmark , during his wars against the Empire ; afterwards under the A LEGEND OF MONTROSE . 39.
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Walter Scott. during his wars against the Empire ; afterwards under the invincible King of Sweden , during his Majestie's lifetime ; and since under the Director - General , the Rex - Chancellor Oxen- sterne , and his Generals ...
Walter Scott. during his wars against the Empire ; afterwards under the invincible King of Sweden , during his Majestie's lifetime ; and since under the Director - General , the Rex - Chancellor Oxen- sterne , and his Generals ...
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... King , ( for whom her husband and she had sufferd much , ) not to detaine her gold . She said , if there was either more or lesse then foure and tuentie whole peeces , and two halfe ones , it sould be none of hers ; and that they were ...
... King , ( for whom her husband and she had sufferd much , ) not to detaine her gold . She said , if there was either more or lesse then foure and tuentie whole peeces , and two halfe ones , it sould be none of hers ; and that they were ...
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... king ; ' And , with a quick and angry fling , Tossing the pageant screen away , The dead man's head before him lay . Unmoved he scann'd the visage o'er , The clotted locks were dark with gore , The features with convulsion grim , The ...
... king ; ' And , with a quick and angry fling , Tossing the pageant screen away , The dead man's head before him lay . Unmoved he scann'd the visage o'er , The clotted locks were dark with gore , The features with convulsion grim , The ...
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Abbot afterwards ancient appears Ardvoirlich betwixt Blood BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR called Captain Castle character church Countess Countess of Derby court Cumnor curious dance David Ramsay death Deemster Douglas Duke Earl of Derby Edinburgh Edward Christian England executed fairy father favour fortune FORTUNES OF NIGEL gentleman George Heriot give hand hath heard honour horse inhabitants island Isle James Kennaquhair Kilpont King King's lady Laird land lived Lord Majesty manner Melrose Montrose murder narrative never night occasion Oliphaunt party pass Peel Castle person plot Popish Plot present prisoner Queen reader received reign romance Saint scene Scotland Scottish seems seen Sir John Stair Stewart stone story supposed sword taken tale thing Thomas Blood thou thy fate tion told Tower William Christian William de Douglas William Dhône young Zetland
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Page 438 - There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would, Acts little of his will.
Page 211 - The dews of summer night did fall ; The moon, sweet regent of the -sky, Silver'd the walls of Cumnor Hall, And many an oak that grew thereby. Now nought was heard beneath the skies, The sounds of busy life were still, * Save an unhappy lady's sighs, . That issued from that lonely pile.
Page 7 - If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Page 185 - Lifted her up, a weary weight, Over the threshold of the gate : Then the lady rose again, And moved, as she were not in pain. So free from danger, free from fear, They cross'd the court : right glad they were. And Christabel devoutly cried To the lady by her side ; ' Praise we the Virgin all divine Who hath rescued thee from thy distress!' 'Alas, alas!' said Geraldine, ' I cannot speak for weariness.
Page 212 - I'm told, is beauty's throne, Where every lady's passing rare, That Eastern flowers, that shame the sun, Are not so glowing, not so fair. "Then, Earl, why didst thou leave the beds Where roses and where lilies vie, To seek a primrose, whose pale shades Must sicken when those gauds are by? '"Mong rural beauties I was one, Among the fields wild flowers are fair; Some country swain might me have won, And thought my beauty passing rare.
Page 80 - ... than exalted by an attempt to reward virtue with temporal prosperity. Such is not the recompense which Providence has deemed worthy of suffering merit ; and it is a dangerous and fatal doctrine to teach young persons, the most common readers of romance, that rectitude of conduct and of principle are either naturally allied with, or adequately rewarded by, the gratification of our passions, or attainment of our wishes. In a word, if a virtuous and self-denied character is dismissed with temporal...
Page 408 - Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 180 - Sir this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you, it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood. I pray you let them not.
Page 131 - But though such an unconnected course of adventures is what most frequently occurs in nature, yet the province of the romance writer being artificial, there is more required from him than a mere compliance with the simplicity of reality...
Page 211 - No lark more blithe, no flower more gay ; And, like the bird that haunts the thorn, So merrily sung the livelong day. "If that my beauty is but small, Among court ladies all despised, Why didst thou rend it from that hall, Where, scornful earl, it well was prized?