The Country Sketch Book of Pastoral Scenes and Memorable PlacesPartridge & Oakey, 1851 - 216 páginas |
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... fire . The stranger , spurred and booted , whip in hand , Eyed for a moment this rude company , Then doffed his hat , and flung his weary limbs Upon an oaken seat , beside the Host . The shouting riot , that awhile before Rang to the ...
... fire . The stranger , spurred and booted , whip in hand , Eyed for a moment this rude company , Then doffed his hat , and flung his weary limbs Upon an oaken seat , beside the Host . The shouting riot , that awhile before Rang to the ...
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... fire Which lit the flames of war and chivalry In days long past , when this old hall contained Our feudal manor lords , and welcome guests Paid nothing for their commons , nor their bed , And not a ghost did haunt a single room . " " Ho ...
... fire Which lit the flames of war and chivalry In days long past , when this old hall contained Our feudal manor lords , and welcome guests Paid nothing for their commons , nor their bed , And not a ghost did haunt a single room . " " Ho ...
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... fire - light , shadowy and red , He bade him utter all the ghastly things Which he had seen or heard , about the room . The host , though bent on mischief from the first , And quite resolved to play upon his guest Some trick of ...
... fire - light , shadowy and red , He bade him utter all the ghastly things Which he had seen or heard , about the room . The host , though bent on mischief from the first , And quite resolved to play upon his guest Some trick of ...
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... fire ; For that dear name was woven with his life ; And as he gazed upon her lovely face , Enshadowed by the dark and glossy hair , He knew that he had found his long - lost love . And though he spoke not , yet his soul was full Of the ...
... fire ; For that dear name was woven with his life ; And as he gazed upon her lovely face , Enshadowed by the dark and glossy hair , He knew that he had found his long - lost love . And though he spoke not , yet his soul was full Of the ...
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... fire - places are still seen on the walls ; and there is also evidence of bosses at the intersec- tion of the oaken beams ; indeed the whole character of the building and its situation points it out as the residence of the prioresses of ...
... fire - places are still seen on the walls ; and there is also evidence of bosses at the intersec- tion of the oaken beams ; indeed the whole character of the building and its situation points it out as the residence of the prioresses of ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
abbey Algesiras amongst ancient bards beautiful birds Bishop of Lincoln Bolton Bolton Abbey Britain Britons called castle Charles Charles Waterton church Cloth dark death Demerara divine Druidism Druids EBENEZER ELLIOTT England eyes face flowers forest friends furnace Gainsboro governor hall hand harvest heard heart heaven hill honour horn iron King Kirklees Lady land laws Lincoln Lincolnshire living look lord Low Moor mighty miles morning mountains Mytholmroyd never night Norwegian rat o'er park passed priory privilege reign religion religious rich river river Trent Roman round ruins sanctuary says scene side Skipton sleep stands stone Stowe Park stranger stream sunny sweet thee things thou thro tion Todmorden Tom Miller Torksey town Treaty of Tilsit trees Trent Triads Turvin Vale village walk walls Wanderings Waterton Whilst wild wilderness wind window woods
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Página 88 - I will tarry there but one flood and ebb, if I can have passage ; and unless I can have it in such a place, I will go every day into the sea up to my knees, assaying to pass over : and unless I can do this within forty days, I will put myself again into the church as a robber and a felon of our Lord the King, so God me help and his holy judgment.
Página 167 - I heard the horned bird, the night owl, shrieking horribly with crooked bill from her cavern ; I heard the wild geese, with screaming cries, fly over the city through the silent night. I was soon lulled to sleep, till the cock, clapping his wings, crowed thrice, and the day peeped.
Página 167 - The fern withered on the miry fallows, the brown moors assumed a barren mossy hue ; banks, sides of hills, and bottoms, grew white and bare ; the cattle looked hoary from the dank weather, the wind made the red reed waver on the dyke.
Página 167 - In every hold and forest, the woods were stripped of their array. Boreas blew his bugle horn so loud, that the solitary deer withdrew to the dales ; the small birds flocked to the thick...
Página 151 - Showed many a prophet and many a saint, Whose image on the glass was dyed; Full in the midst, his cross of red Triumphant Michael brandished, And trampled the Apostate's pride. The moonbeam kissed the holy pane, And threw on the pavement a bloody stain.
Página 51 - He seem'd in years, yet in his years were seen A vernal vigour and autumnal green." In fact, I feel as though I were not more than thirty years old. I am quite free from all rheumatic pains ; and am so supple in the joints, that I can climb a tree with the utmost facility.
Página 121 - GOD bless the master of this house, The mistress also ; And all the little children That round the table go ; And all your kin and kinsmen, That dwell both far and near, I wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy new year.
Página 167 - The cranes, prognosticating tempests, in a firm phalanx, pierced the air with voices sounding like a trumpet. The kite, perched on an old tree, fast by my chamber, cried lamentably, a sign of the dawning day.
Página 201 - TRIADS OP BARDISM. 1 . There are three primeval Unities, and more than one of each cannot exist: one God; one truth; and one point of liberty, and this is where all opposites equiponderate. 2. Three things proceed from the three primeval Unities : all life ; all goodness ; all power.
Página 125 - Have circled many a gentle maiden's waist, Are rooted here and there along the path, Commanding all the distant hills and moors. Soft as a spirit's breath, the summer wind Low murmuring 'mongst the trees, makes music sweet, And various as the leaves thro