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... death of the tyrant John recalled the baronage of England to their allegiance to the House of Plantagenet , and led to the expulsion of the French Prince and his followers , so rashly brought into the country by the wronged Baron ...
... death of the tyrant John recalled the baronage of England to their allegiance to the House of Plantagenet , and led to the expulsion of the French Prince and his followers , so rashly brought into the country by the wronged Baron ...
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... death - bed committed his portionless and infant Constance to the protection of Fitzeustace . " She shall be to me as a daughter , and hereafter wed my heir , " was the prompt assurance , that robbed death of its terrors for the father ...
... death - bed committed his portionless and infant Constance to the protection of Fitzeustace . " She shall be to me as a daughter , and hereafter wed my heir , " was the prompt assurance , that robbed death of its terrors for the father ...
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... death for another . On the eager , susceptible , talented , but unprincipled Fitzwalter , the " bright inno- cence " of the betrothed's life ; the unvary- ing sweetness of her manner ; the still more captivating charm of her modestly ...
... death for another . On the eager , susceptible , talented , but unprincipled Fitzwalter , the " bright inno- cence " of the betrothed's life ; the unvary- ing sweetness of her manner ; the still more captivating charm of her modestly ...
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... tone , " I am scathless , but I come from a fearful scene of death . " He shuddered as he spoke . The damsel fixed her large hazel eyes on him , with terror and F 2 THE RANSOM . 99 damp round it. The girl gazed on him ...
... tone , " I am scathless , but I come from a fearful scene of death . " He shuddered as he spoke . The damsel fixed her large hazel eyes on him , with terror and F 2 THE RANSOM . 99 damp round it. The girl gazed on him ...
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... death . The pale features were calm ; but one who knew the circumstances of his fate , might have ima- gined that an expression of surprise and indignation yet lingered on their stillness . The father held the hand of the dead knight in ...
... death . The pale features were calm ; but one who knew the circumstances of his fate , might have ima- gined that an expression of surprise and indignation yet lingered on their stillness . The father held the hand of the dead knight in ...
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Alinor answered Artois asked Baron Fitzwalter Baynard's Castle beauty beheld beside betrothed brave brother brow captive chamber churl Cicely Fitzwalter companion Constance de Lingard Count d'Artois Count of Artois crusaders Cyprus Damietta damsel dark daugh daughter dead death deep Dickon Duke of Burgundy eagerly English Eudocia Eudocia Comnena exclaimed eyes fair fair lady father fear Fitz gallant gazed gentle girl Grace guerite Hall hand hast hath heard Heaven holy honour hope Joinville King Louis Knight of Leighton Lady Cicely Lady Fitzeustace Limisso listened looked lord Lord Fitzwalter Lucy maiden morning murderer never noble Oriflamme pale Paul Comnenus paused Perrot poor pray priest Prince Provençal ransom Regnier replied Robert of Artois royal Saracen Seneschal silent Sir Edmund Fitzwalter Sir Knight smile sorrow spirit spoke squire stood sweet tell thank thee thou thought tone Trafford truth turned Venetian Wilfred young knight youth
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Página 89 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Página 299 - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
Página 265 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Página 33 - Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love: Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues; Let every eye negotiate for itself, And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch, Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
Página 169 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 3 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Página 21 - ... there's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will.
Página 226 - And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. For whose sweet sake that glorious badge he wore, And dead (as living) ever him adored: Upon his shield the like was also scored, For sovereign hope, which in his help he had...
Página 28 - ... this situation, the Earl of Artois sore repented of his headstrong rashness, when it was too late; and, seeing Earl William Longespee fighting bravely against the chief brunt of the enemy, he called out to him in a cowardly manner to flee, as God fought against them. But William bravely answered, "God forbid that my father's son should flee from the face of a Saracen.
Página 3 - This is the prettiest low-born lass that ever Ran on the green sward : nothing she does or seems, But smacks of something greater than herself; Too noble for this place.