KenilworthT.C. & E.C. Jack, 1898 - 479 עמודים |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Amy Robsart Anthony Foster arms Aye-aye 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 favor fear Fitful Head Flibbertigibbet followed gentleman guest hand hastily hath head hear heard heart Heaven honest honor horse instantly islands Janet Jarlshof John Dryden Kenilworth Kirkwall lady Leicester's look lord madam Magnus Troil Master Tressilian Mervyn's Michael Lambourne mind Minna mistress Mordaunt Mertoun never noble Norna once Orkney person poor present Queen Raleigh replied Richard Varney seemed silian sister speak spoke stood stranger Sumburgh Head Sussex Swertha tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought tion tone Triptolemus turned Udaller voice Wayland Smith wild woman word Yellowley yonder young Zetland
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 161 - It was even so. The royal barge, manned with the Queen's watermen, richly attired in the regal liveries, and having the banner of England displayed, did indeed lie at the great stairs which ascended from the river, and along with it two or three other boats for transporting such part of her retinue as were not in immediate attendance upon the royal person.
עמוד vii - Rather ambition's gilded crown Makes thee forget thy humble spouse. " Then, Leicester, why, again I plead — The injured surely may repine — Why didst thou wed a country maid, When some fair princess might be thine ? "Why didst thou praise my humble charms, And, oh ! then leave them to decay ? Why didst thou win me to thy arms, Then leave...
עמוד 266 - 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...
עמוד 132 - Portugal I sung, Was but the prelude to that glorious day, When thou on silver Thames didst cut thy way, With...
עמוד 163 - The night had been rainy, and just where the young gentleman stood, a small quantity of mud interrupted the queen's passage. As she hesitated to pass on, the gallant, throwing his cloak from his shoulders, laid it on the miry spot, so as to ensure her stepping over it dry-shod.
עמוד 362 - It was like one of those ancient druidical monuments, called rockingstones : the finger of Cupid, boy as he is painted, could put her feelings in motion, but the power of Hercules could not have destroyed their equilibrium.
עמוד 196 - 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.
עמוד 382 - 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...
עמוד 82 - He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.
עמוד 167 - Some blood I may have lost," said the youth, looking down, " but it was where my best is due, and that is in your Majesty's service.