The Albigenses, by the author of 'Bertram'. |
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... valour and glory . - Meanwhile the wretched female was fast hurried to the gate by the military and eccle- siastic attendants ; but not before , turning her tall figure , and waving her arm above her head , she exclaimed , " Ye know me ...
... valour and glory . - Meanwhile the wretched female was fast hurried to the gate by the military and eccle- siastic attendants ; but not before , turning her tall figure , and waving her arm above her head , she exclaimed , " Ye know me ...
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... valour , he shuns all fame and mention . " " And he doth so , " answered Sir Aymer , repelling the monitory pressure of Sir Ami- rald's hand on his mantle . " Nathless men will talk of him , though the virtuous fool himself were praying ...
... valour , he shuns all fame and mention . " " And he doth so , " answered Sir Aymer , repelling the monitory pressure of Sir Ami- rald's hand on his mantle . " Nathless men will talk of him , though the virtuous fool himself were praying ...
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... valour , made his last and furious charge against the royal guard , who fought closely round the king , for fear of the assassinates . It was a perilous . and mortal shock - a bloody and fearful grappling . The royal guard dealt about ...
... valour , made his last and furious charge against the royal guard , who fought closely round the king , for fear of the assassinates . It was a perilous . and mortal shock - a bloody and fearful grappling . The royal guard dealt about ...
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... valour . At this moment the raised voices of the bishop and the abbot caught the ear of the old knight ; for whose ready organ any sound of tumult , from the thunder of the battle to the roar of the revel , had an excitement and a charm ...
... valour . At this moment the raised voices of the bishop and the abbot caught the ear of the old knight ; for whose ready organ any sound of tumult , from the thunder of the battle to the roar of the revel , had an excitement and a charm ...
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... Sir Aymer , whose admiration was not diminished by the valour of which he gave such unexpected proofs , and who , riding up to the young knights , exclaimed , This is a brave minstrel ! - Where , fellow 166 THE ALBIGENSES .
... Sir Aymer , whose admiration was not diminished by the valour of which he gave such unexpected proofs , and who , riding up to the young knights , exclaimed , This is a brave minstrel ! - Where , fellow 166 THE ALBIGENSES .
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abbot of Normoutier Albigenses Albigeois Amand amid Amirald answered armour attendants band bear beauty behold Bishop of Toulouse blood Boanerges castle of Courtenaye champion church Count of Toulouse Count Raymond cried Crusaders cursed damsels dark deacon deemed ears exclaimed eyes fear feeling female fierce flung gazed Genevieve gleam guerite guests hall hand hath head hear heard heart Heaven heretics hills holy knave lady Isabelle lady's lance Languedoc light look lord abbot Lord of Courtenaye maiden Mattathias men-at-arms Mephibosheth minstrel Monfort Monk of Montcalm mountains murmured never noble pale pastor pause perchance peril Pierre pray quoth Raymond of Toulouse rock rode round saints seemed Semonville shout Simon de Monfort Sir Aymer Sir Paladour smile sound spirit spoke squire steed stood tell terror thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt towers trembling utter valour Verac voice wearied whispered wild words wound youth
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Página 227 - If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
Página 158 - Blount and Fitz-Eustace rested still With Lady Clare upon the hill, On which (for far the day was spent) The western sunbeams now were bent. The cry they heard, its meaning knew, Could plain their distant comrades view ; Sadly to Blount did Eustace say, " Unworthy office here to stay ! No hope of gilded spurs to-day. — But see ! look up — on Flodden bent The Scottish foe has fired his tent.
Página 205 - ... companionship, and not in a combat with others. In such society as she has described, it was scarcely to be expected that Mrs. Grant's worth, and especially her intellectual powers, should be estimated at their true value. It somewhat resembled " the broad unnatural light" into which Thalaba entered, " That made the rose's blush of beauty pale, And dimmed the rich geranium's purple blaze" ; and the wild flowers, however beautiful, which alone Mrs.
Página 247 - Breviary, gorgeously illuminated, and a black marble tripod, supporting a vase of holy-water : certain amulets, too, lay on the hearth, placed there by the care of Dame Marguerite, some in the shape of relics, and others in less consecrated forms, on which the lady was often observed by her attendants to look somewhat disregardfully. The great door of the chamber was closed by the...
Página 247 - Claudine prepared to obey as the lady sunk to rest amid softened lights, subdued odours, and dying melodies. A silver lamp, richly fretted, suspended from the raftered roof, gleamed faintly on the splendid bed. The curtains were of silk, and the coverlet of velvet, faced with miniver ; gilded coronals and tufts of plumage shed alternate gleam and shadow over every angle of the canopy; and tapestry of silk and silver covered every compartment of the walls, save where the uncouthly constructed doors...
Página 245 - Slay me, and thou wilt be satisfied of the truth. The hairs grow inward— the wolfish coat is within — the wolfish heart is within — the wolfish fangs are within ; — yet, still, here is the food, and I cannot gnaw it as a wolf should :" — and he made the execrable morsel again visible. " Sir wolf," said Paladour, gathering strength and courage for this fearfV!
Página 70 - I Glenallan's Earl this tide, And ye were Roland Cheyne, The spur should be in my horse's side, And the bridle upon his mane. "If they hae twenty thousand blades, And we twice ten times ten, Yet they hae but their tartan plaids, And we are mail-clad men. "My horse shall ride through ranks sae rude, As through the moorland fern, Then neer let the gentle Norman blude Grow cauld for Highland kerne.
Página 186 - Victim to filial love. ARVIRAGUS ! Thou hadst no sister near the bloody field, Whose sorrowing search, led by yon orb of night, Might find thy body; wash with tears thy wounds ; And wipe them with her hair.