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... dangers past were now forgotten ; the goblet had drowned all human care , and excess of joy every where pervaded the lofty gran deur of the scene . Nor was the celebration of the Earl's return confined within his castle walls , for the ...
... dangers past were now forgotten ; the goblet had drowned all human care , and excess of joy every where pervaded the lofty gran deur of the scene . Nor was the celebration of the Earl's return confined within his castle walls , for the ...
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... danger from the event , and contented himself with observing , " it must have been some of his vassals , who , on their return from labour , would relate to each other strange stories , to shorten their evening's journey home ...
... danger from the event , and contented himself with observing , " it must have been some of his vassals , who , on their return from labour , would relate to each other strange stories , to shorten their evening's journey home ...
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... danger of the one , and the probabi- lity of the inspiration of the other , con- cluding his address with every earnest wish for the welfare of the Earl , Gunilda , Adeliza , and the household . Ethelbald who , during this application ...
... danger of the one , and the probabi- lity of the inspiration of the other , con- cluding his address with every earnest wish for the welfare of the Earl , Gunilda , Adeliza , and the household . Ethelbald who , during this application ...
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... danger and my hell ! That maniac shall hence- no prophet he ; more likely far á pander to those crimes that set the blood thus boiling , to destroy my happiness for ever my brain too burns at the reflection . and all my composition is ...
... danger and my hell ! That maniac shall hence- no prophet he ; more likely far á pander to those crimes that set the blood thus boiling , to destroy my happiness for ever my brain too burns at the reflection . and all my composition is ...
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... danger ; he therefore questioned his follower , Harold , what he thought of the scene now before him ? Harold was one of those fellows that might be compared to the cocoa nut : he had a rough outside , but the milk of human kindness ...
... danger ; he therefore questioned his follower , Harold , what he thought of the scene now before him ? Harold was one of those fellows that might be compared to the cocoa nut : he had a rough outside , but the milk of human kindness ...
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The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener No preview available - 2017 |
The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener No preview available - 2017 |
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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
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 187 - How will you weather an eternal night, Where such expedients fail?
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.