Kenilworth. PirateA. & C. Black, 1883 |
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... Sussex governs England - the Queen's health fails- the succession is to be settled - a road is opened to ambition more splendid than ambition ever dreamed of . - You hear all this as you sit by the hob , under the shade of your hall ...
... Sussex governs England - the Queen's health fails- the succession is to be settled - a road is opened to ambition more splendid than ambition ever dreamed of . - You hear all this as you sit by the hob , under the shade of your hall ...
Page 85
... Earl , " my will ought to be a sufficient reason - If you desire more , consider how this Tressilian is leagued , and with whom - He stands high in the opinion of this Radcliffe , this Sussex , against whom I am KENILWORTH . 85.
... Earl , " my will ought to be a sufficient reason - If you desire more , consider how this Tressilian is leagued , and with whom - He stands high in the opinion of this Radcliffe , this Sussex , against whom I am KENILWORTH . 85.
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Walter Scott. this Radcliffe , this Sussex , against whom I am barely able to maintain my ground in the opinion of our suspicious mistress ; and if he had me at such advantage , Amy , as to become acquainted with the tale of our marriage ...
Walter Scott. this Radcliffe , this Sussex , against whom I am barely able to maintain my ground in the opinion of our suspicious mistress ; and if he had me at such advantage , Amy , as to become acquainted with the tale of our marriage ...
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... SUSSEX . " " Send up the messenger instantly , Will Badger , " said Tres- silian ; and as the man entered the room , he exclaimed , " Aha , Stevens , is it you ? how does my good lord ? " " Ill , Master Tressilian , " was the ...
... SUSSEX . " " Send up the messenger instantly , Will Badger , " said Tres- silian ; and as the man entered the room , he exclaimed , " Aha , Stevens , is it you ? how does my good lord ? " " Ill , Master Tressilian , " was the ...
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... Sussex's domestic , travelled with the utmost speed towards London . CHAPTER THIRTEENTH . Ay , I know you have arsenic , Vitriol , sal - tartre , argaile , alkaly , Cinoper : I know all . - This fellow , Captain , Will come in time to ...
... Sussex's domestic , travelled with the utmost speed towards London . CHAPTER THIRTEENTH . Ay , I know you have arsenic , Vitriol , sal - tartre , argaile , alkaly , Cinoper : I know all . - This fellow , Captain , Will come in time to ...
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Amy Robsart ancient Anthony Foster apartment better betwixt Blount boat Brenda Bunce Burgh Westra called Captain Cleveland Castle Claud Halcro command Countess Countess of Leicester court daughter devil door Earl of Leicester Earl of Sussex Elizabeth exclaimed eyes fair father favour fear Fitful Head Flibbertigibbet followed gentleman guests hand hastily hath hear heard heart Heaven honest honour horse instantly islands Janet Kenilworth Kirkwall lady look madam Magnus Troil Master Tressilian Mervyn's Michael Lambourne Minna mistress Mordaunt Mertoun never night noble Norna once Orkney pedlar person poor present Queen Raleigh replied Saint Saint Magnus seemed sister speak spoke stood stranger Sumburgh Head Sussex Swertha sword tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought tone Tony Foster Triptolemus Udaller voice Wayland Smith wild woman word Yarlshof Yellowley yonder young Zetland
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Page 213 - Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal, throned by the west ; And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon; And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Page 30 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 273 - I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...
Page 396 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Page 200 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 381 - With roomy decks, her guns of mighty strength, Whose low-laid mouths each mounting billow laves : Deep in her draught, and warlike in her length, She seems a sea-wasp flying on the waves.
Page 6 - 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?
Page 389 - Some of their chiefs were princes of the land; In the first rank of these did Zimri stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome...
Page 395 - Over the mountains And over the waves, Under the fountains And under the graves ; Under floods that are deepest, Which Neptune obey ; Over rocks that are steepest Love will find out the way.
Page 61 - 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.