Stratton Hill: A Tale of the Civil Wars, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1829 - 921 páginas |
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Página 7
... wall . " You recollect the time , Will , ' twas in Easter , forty - nine years bygone , the selver cup was wrestled for , and out o ' the twelve that strove sore foren , five had broken limbs , and three were never their own men agen ...
... wall . " You recollect the time , Will , ' twas in Easter , forty - nine years bygone , the selver cup was wrestled for , and out o ' the twelve that strove sore foren , five had broken limbs , and three were never their own men agen ...
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... walls , as well as in those of the cottar . Is Sir Bernard alive ? it can hardly be otherwise , for he was a quiet and home - dwellin ' man - not like his father , who never liked to sit calm in his own home . " " He's passed ten years ...
... walls , as well as in those of the cottar . Is Sir Bernard alive ? it can hardly be otherwise , for he was a quiet and home - dwellin ' man - not like his father , who never liked to sit calm in his own home . " " He's passed ten years ...
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... walls , towers , and chimneys , have had much of their interior left in absolute darkness . Several mansions are still remaining , the windows of whose long and dull apartments look out only on this gloomy square , its untrodden ...
... walls , towers , and chimneys , have had much of their interior left in absolute darkness . Several mansions are still remaining , the windows of whose long and dull apartments look out only on this gloomy square , its untrodden ...
Página 19
... walls with a busy and important look and step , surveying earnestly the preparations for resistance that had been begun , and pausing , with a critic's eye , on any exposure or dilapidated spot , as if the fate of the dwelling of six ...
... walls with a busy and important look and step , surveying earnestly the preparations for resistance that had been begun , and pausing , with a critic's eye , on any exposure or dilapidated spot , as if the fate of the dwelling of six ...
Página 20
... wall was given him as a busy and fitting field of action , and it soon became the theatre of his future fame . He did not belie the expectations formed of his talents and prudence , and strove by every art and conciliation , to unite ...
... wall was given him as a busy and fitting field of action , and it soon became the theatre of his future fame . He did not belie the expectations formed of his talents and prudence , and strove by every art and conciliation , to unite ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
afore agen amidst ancient armour arms battle beauty beneath blood bright eye calm castle cause cavalry companion countenance courser dark Dawnay deep doubt dwelling dwelt Eleanor enemy face fair fancy father fearful feeling field fierce force gazed Granville gray guest hand head heard heart hill Honor Hopton hour Kilkhampton King lady land latter Launceston Launceston Castle lips look Lord mansion mind mingled native ne'er never Nicholas night noble ould passed passion Pendennis castle province Puritans racter Ralph Hopton rebel replied river Tamar roof rose round Royal Royalists scene seat seemed seen side Sir Beville sitch Slanning spirit spot stern stone stood Stowe STRATTON HILL strong sweet sword there's things thought tower trained bands Trenlyon Trevanion turned twas twill village voice vols walls wandered wave weary wild woman words young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 162 - A scene of death ! where fires beneath the sun, And blended arms, and white pavilions glow ; And for the business of destruction done, Its requiem the war-horn seem'd to blow.